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KULAPATI K. M. MUNSHI
DATES & EVENTS OF MUNSHI'S LIFE

YearDetails
1936
  • Started the Hans Ltd., which took over the Hindi magazine Hans; and became its Joint Editor with Hindi writer Premchand.
1937
  • Elected to the Bombay Legislative Assembly.
  • Appointed Home Minister in the First Congress Government in Bombay.
  • Elected President of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad ( Gujarati Literary Conference).
1938
  • Appointed Vice-President of Children's Aid Society.
  • Appointed Trustee of M. Goenka Trust.
  • Elected President of the Society for the Protection of Children in Western India.
  • Started (with Sardar Patel) Institute of Agriculture in Anand, Gujarat State, and was elected its Vice-Chairman.
  • Established Girls' Hostel in Bombay for college students.
  • Delivered the Thakkar Vassonji Madhavji Research Lectures in Bombay University on the "Early Aryans of Gujarat."
  • Founded the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, and was elected its President.
1939
  • Established Children's Home in a Bombay suburb.
  • Started Hansraj Morarji Public School in a Bombay suburb.
  • Resigned as Home Minister.
1940
  • Started Social Welfare, an English Weekly, and became its Editor.
  • Elected President of the First All India Penal Reform Convention.
  • Established Home for the Mentally Retarded Children.
  • Arrested for individual Satyagraha.
1941
  • Released from detention because of severe illness.
  • Resigned from the Indian National Congress.
  • Conducted Akhand Hindustan (Undivided India) campaign.
1943
  • Organized Leaders' Conference in Delhi for negotiating Gandhi's release.
1944
  • Founded Bharatiya ltihas Samiti (Indian History Society) and was elected its Chairman.
  • Appointed Chairman of Baroda University Commission.
  • Appointed Chairman of the Commission to Report on the University of Gujarat in Ahmedabad, by the Bombay Government.
  • Appointed Trustee of the Krishnarpana Trust.
  • Appointed Trustee of All India Arya-Dharma Seva Sangh Trust.
  • Appointed Trustee of Singhania Trust.
1945
  • Inaugurated the All India Sanskrit Conference.
  • Delivered lectures on "Bhagavad Gita and Modern Life."
  • Elected Vice-President of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad (Gujarati Literary Conference).
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KULAPATI MUNSHI New
He Scaled Many Peaks of Excellence


by Shri H.N.Dastur

 

Shri H.N.Dastur, Bhavan's Executive Secretary gave a heart warming extempore speech on Kulapati Munshi on July 14, 2012 at Bhavan's Bangalore Kendra.


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COMMEMORATIVE STAMP

Indian Post issued a COMMEMORATIVE STAMP on Dr. K.M Munshi on December 30, 1988. The stamp depicts K.M. Munshi and a tree, symbolising his interest in the Van Mahotsav. the First Day Cover (FDC, which are issued with every COMMEMORATIVE STAMP) shows him against the background of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.

Munshi Stamp

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CHRONOLOGY

Dates and Events of Munshi's Life

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PHOTO GALLERY

Glimpses of the Multifaceted Personality Kulapati K.M.Munshi

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DR. K. M. MUNSHI - A SHINING STAR

by R. Venkataraman

 

In the Galaxy of eminent men of India, Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi is a shining star that still beckons humanity to the path of duty and dharma.

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MUNSHIJI - THE MAN AND HIS MISSION

by S. Ramakrishnan

 

The Bhavan and Kulapati Munshi are synonymous. The Bhavan, his lengthened shadow, is the vibrant symbol of the continuing modern Indian renaissance which Raja Ram Mohan Roy pioneered in Bengal in the 19th century.

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