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President Mukherjee confers Bharat Ratna on Madan Mohan Malviya

by IBNS 30 Mar 2015, 11:34 am

New Delhi, Mar 30 (IBNS): President of India Pranab Mukherjee on Monday conferred Bharat Ratna on freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malviya (posthumously).

Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian award.

Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861–1946) was an educationist who played a big role in the Indian independence movement and was also known for his espousal of Hindu nationalism (being one of the initial leaders of the far-right party Hindu Mahasabha). Later in life, he was also addressed as 'Mahamana'.

He was the President of the Indian National Congress on two occasions (1909 & 1918) and had founded the iconic t Banaras Hindu University (BHU) at Varanasi in 1916.

Mukherjee on Friday had conferred the Bharat Ratna on former Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.