Pandit A Pandit ( sa, पण्डित, paṇḍit; hi, पंडित; also spelled Pundit, pronounced ; abbreviated Pt.) is a man with specialised knowledge or a teacher of any field of knowledge whether it is shashtra (Holy Books) or shastra (Wea ...

Govind Malaviya (14 September 1902–27 February 1961) was an Indian freedom fighter, educationist and politician.

Biography

Malaviya was the youngest son of distinguished lawyer and educationist Pandit

Madan Mohan Malaviya Madan Mohan Malaviya ( (25 December 1861 — 12 November 1946) was an Indian scholar, educational reformer and politician notable for his role in the Indian independence movement. He was president of the Indian National Congress four times and ...

. Following his early education at the Dharmajnyanopadesha Sanskrit Pathshala and the A. V. School, Allahabad, he graduated from

Banaras Hindu University Banaras Hindu University (BHU) IAST: kāśī hindū viśvavidyālaya IPA: /kaːʃiː hɪnd̪uː ʋɪʃwəʋid̪jaːləj/), is a collegiate, central, and research university located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, and founded in 1916 ...

. After joining the Congress Party in 1920, he actively participated in the Independence movement and was imprisoned eight times. In 1930, he was appointed general secretary of the Working Committee of the

All India Congress Committee The All India Congress Committee (AICC) is the presidium or the central decision-making assembly of the Indian National Congress. It is composed of members elected from state-level Pradesh Congress Committees and can have as many as a thousan ...

(AICC), and attended the Second Round Table Conference in September 1931 as his father's secretary. In 1945, he was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly, becoming a member of the Constituent Assembly of India in 1946 and a member of the Provisional Parliament in 1950. He was appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University in December 1947, becoming Vice-Chancellor in December 1948 and serving until 1951. In 1952, Malaviya was elected to the

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...

(lower house of the

Parliament of India The Parliament of India (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: ) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameralism, bicameral legislature composed of the president of India and two houses: the R ...

) from Sultanpur,

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

as a member of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

. Reelected in 1957, he died in office in 1961.

Personal life

He married Usha Bhatt (1905–18 February 2002) on 12 December 1922. The couple had one son, Justice Giridhar Malaviya, and seven daughters.

References

India MPs 1957–1962 India MPs 1962–1967 Indian National Congress politicians Members of the Constituent Assembly of India Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh People from Sultanpur district 1902 births 1961 deaths Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh {{UttarPradesh-INC-politician-stub