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  The Bhavan has come to be recognized as a symbol of the intellectual, literary, educational, ethical, cultural and spiritual life of India
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  Founded on 7th November 1938, from small beginnings, the Bhavans has grown into an intellectual, cultural and educational movement.
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BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN
[Founded in 1938 with the blessings of Mahatma Gandhi]
Founder : Kulapati Dr. K. M. Munshi

Lankmarks in Bhavan's Growth
1938 Kulapati Munshiji lays the foundation of the Bhavan (November 7, 1938).
1939  Mungalal Goenka Sarnshodhan Mandir and Mumbadevi Sanskrit Pathashala are started.
1940  Kulapati Munshiji lays the foundation.stone of the Bhavan's first building at Andheri, Bombay.
1941  Dr. S. Radhakrishnan opens the Bhavan's first building at Andheri.
1943  The Endowment of the Singhi Jain series and Library.
1944  The Bharatiya Itihasa Vibhag is organised.
1945  The Gita Vidyalaya and the Bhavan's examinations in Sanskrit and Gita are inaugurated.
1946  Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel opens the Bhavan's Megji  Mathuradas College of Arts and Narrondass Manordass Institute of Science, Andheri, Bombay. The Sanskrit Pathashala is reorganised and developed into the Mumbadevi Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya.
1947 Dr. Rajendra Prasad inaugurates the Free India Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition organised in support of the Bhavan.
The starting of the Munshi Saraswati Mandir incorporating the Library, Museum, Sangit Shikshapith and Kala Kendra.
1948  Shri B. G. Kher opens the Lady Students' Hostel at Andheri, Bombay.
1949  Shri C. Rajagopalachari, Governor-General of India, opens the Bhavan's Central Home at Chowpatty, Bombay.
1950  Shri Jawaharlal Nehru visits the Bhavan.
The Bhavan's Delhi Centre is started.
The Bhavan acquires the major interest in the Associated Advertisers and Printers Ltd., Bombay, as a first step towards starting an Institute of Printing.
1951  The Bhavan organises the All-India Sanskrit Conference at Prabhas Patan, Gujarat State which founded the Sanskrit Vishva Parishad, on the occasion of the installation of the Jyotirlinga at Somnath Temple.
Kulapati Munshiji inaugurates the Bbavan's Book University.
Annual Inter-Collegiate Drama Competition in 13 languages is organised.
1952  Dr. Rajendra Prasad lays the foundation-stone of the Bhavan's Delhi centre.
Kulapati Munshiji lays the foundation stone of the new buildings for the Bhavan's college at Andheri, Bombay.
1953  Shri G. S. Bajpai, Governor of Bombay, opens the new building of the Bhavan's college at Andheri, Bombay.
1954  The starting of Bhavan's Journal, a fortnightly in English, devoted to life, literature and culture.
   
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  What Bhavan Believes
  The Bhavan firmly believes that revitalizing ancient values and reintegrating them to suit the changing needs of modern times alone will give people the strength to ......
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  Bhavan's Faith
  It is necessary that one should understand it clearly and imbibe them
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  Bhavan's Anthem
  Jaya Jaya Vidya Bhavan Bharati
Jaya Jaya Vidya Bhavan Hamara
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  Sarva Dharma Prayer
  Bhavan believes in Sarva Dharma Samabhava - Equal Respect To All Religion.
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  An Adventure in Faith
  In 1938, about a decade before the dawn of Indian Independence, Kulapati Dr. K.M. Munshi, a far-sighted visionary and practical idealist, along with three of his close associates, founded the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan to preserve and propagate Sanskrit, the mother of languages..
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