Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya

Mahamana (महामना) Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya (मदनमोहन मालवीय)
Malaviya in 1941
President of the Indian National Congress
In office 1909–10; 1918
Personal details
Born	(1861-12-25)25 December 1861 Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died	12 November 1946(1946-11-12) (aged 84) Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Alma mater	Allahabad University University of Calcutta
Profession	Educationist politician journalist lawyer
Awards	Bharat Ratna (2014) (posthumous)

Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya ( pronunciation  (25 December 1861 – 12 November 1946) was an Indian educationist and politician notable for his role in the Indian independence movement and as the two time president of Indian National Congress. He was respectfully addressed as Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya and also addressed as 'Mahamana'.

Mahamana is most remembered as the founder of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) at Varanasi in 1916, which was created under the B.H.U. Act, 1915. The largest residential university in Asia and one of the largest in the world, having over 40,000 students across arts, sciences, engineering, medical, agriculture, performing arts, law and technology from all over the world. Pandit ji was Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University from 1919–1938.

Malaviya ji was one of the founders of Scouting in India. He also founded a highly influential, English-newspaper, The Leader published from Allahabad in 1909. He was also the Chairman of Hindustan Times from 1924 to 1946. His efforts resulted in the launch of its Hindi edition named Hindustan Dainik in 1936.

Pandit ji was posthumously conferred with Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, on 24 December 2014, a day before his 153rd Birth Anniversary.