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  - A Shining Star
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  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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  - The man and His Mission
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  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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Dates & Events of Munshi's Life

1932 Sentenced to two years of rigorous imprisonment by Lord Willingdon in his anti-Congress Campaign.
Sentenced to one year imprisonment for Civil Disobedience.
1933 Started a movement (after release in December) for a Parliamentary wing of the Congress, as a result of which Swaraj party was formed.
1934 Appointed Secretary of the Congress Parliament Board
1935 Elected Director of the Bombay Life Assurance Company Ltd., and the Bombay Fire Assurance Company Ltd.
Elected Vice-Chairman of the Fellowship School Society.
Appointed Trustee of Kanji Khetsi Trust.
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.
 
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Krishnavatara Series
by Munshi
 
I The Magic Flute
250 Pages
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II The wrath of an emperor
358 Pages
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III The Five Brothers
370 Pages
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IV The book of Bhima
253 Pages
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V The book of Satyabhama
187 Pages
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VI The Book of Veda Vyaasa the Master
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