Banaras Hindu University

university, Varanasi, India

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establishment

  • India
    In India: The first partition of Bengal

    …Malaviya (1861–1946) founded his private Banaras Hindu University in 1910.

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  • In Madan Mohan Malaviya

    …founder in 1916 of the Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, a premier institution of learning in India. He served as the university’s vice-chancellor for some two decades (1919–38) and remained active at the school until his death. Malaviya’s consciousness toward the public led to the launch of his own Hindi-language…

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