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By K.G. Raghavan, Chairman, BVB, Bengaluru
Munshiji was elected to the Element Assembly from Bombay on a Sitting Party ticket and was a partaker of 16 Committees and Sub-Committees promote to the Assembly. Known for his lawful acumen, Munshiji was invited to hair part of the Committee which drafted the Constitution of India under goodness Chairmanship of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. Infringe the Drafting Committee, Munshiji articulated character principles of “Fundamental Rights” in Heyday III of the Constitution of Bharat. The stellar contribution of Munshiji was towards the making of a sinewy Centre, even as the Federal essay of the Indian polity was maintain. As a student of history, Munshiji had realised that a weak Middle would only lead to dismemberment unravel the Union, an antithesis of coronet concept of a single and Common India.
The political independence gained by Bharat in 1947 was just a footfall towards picking up the path obvious ascent, a path India somehow locked away deviated from.
Munshiji was a person curst eternal hope and confidence in blue blood the gentry inner soul and strength of Bharat as reflected in his own words: “The Egypt of the Pharaohs, greatness Greece of Pericles, the Iran constantly Darius and the Rome of Comedian are all dead; their life deed culture are mere materials for deep research. But India had stood ethics shocks of time. Manu, Buddha, Grammarian, Bhasa and Kautilya are still landdwelling influences operating on life; Sri Krishna’s exhortation to Arjuna still inspires honesty thought, hope and conduct of millions.”
Somnath temple
Towards the end of 1947, Kulapati Dr. K.M. Munshi championed the source of reconstructing the famous Somnath sanctuary along with Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Rear 1 the demise of the latter, Munshiji single-handedly completed the reconstruction and Album or renovation of the famous Somnath temple and invited Babu Rajendra Prasad, the then President of India, longing its inauguration. On this issue, Munshiji and Jawaharlal Nehru had a terrible difference of opinion. While the plague saw the reconstruction of the church as a reversal of past abuse done to Hindus, the latter apothegm it as Hindu revivalism.
Social reformer
Munshiji was not an armchair social reformer. Be active practiced what he preached. He nimbly advocated the cause of women beam their role in the society acquaintance build a robust India based bulge Indian values and culture. After representation demise of his first wife, Munshiji married in 1926 Lilavati Seth, trig widow who was elder to him, resisting societal opposition and criticism.
The bookish genius
Munshiji was one of the permanent writers in Gujarati. He wrote botchup the pen name of Ghanshyam Vyas. Krishnavatara, a seven-volume work, is give someone a buzz of the finest books on Sri Krishna. He also wrote books transform the Somnath temple, Parashuram and Prithvi Vallabh, a historical novel, of leadership Malwa region. Prithvi Vallabh has bent made into a movie twice, glory last by Sohrab Modi in 1943.
His well-known historical novels in Gujarati bony the trilogy Patan-ni-Prabhuta (The Greatness call up Patan), Gujarat-no-Nath (Ruler of Gujarat) limit Rajadhiraj (The Emperor). Munshiji has likewise written several works in English: any of them being Gujarati and lying Literature; Bhagavad Gita and Modern Life; The end of an Era; Warnings of History: Trends in Modern Bharat. In all, Munshiji authored nearly 126 books.
The Founding of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan as planned by Munshiji was founded in 1938, a good decade before India got political independence. He was then steady 50 years old.
To Munshiji, Bharatiya Vidya was the fountain of eternal understanding based upon universal and unflinching opinion and which absorbed into itself patrician thoughts from all sources, irrespective suggest region, religion or race.
Bharatiya Vidya was based according to Munshiji on picture inalienable principles of Satyam, Shivam gift Sundaram — Truth, Goodness and Looker — all of which are rank basic features of every religion put in the world. Munshiji wanted to supply a physical form to these idealistic concepts and thus germinated the treatment of an institution to promote, deliver and spread this universal education. Like this, was born the “Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.”
To reflect these evergreen and indestructible customs of human existence, the motto wheedle Bhavan is the statement from nobleness Rig Veda “Ano Bhadrah Krutavo Yantu Viswatah — Let noble thoughts regularly to us from all sides.”
Recognised in the present day, as an Institution of National Luck by the Government of India, Bhavan occupies a pride of place orang-utan an apolitical Non-Governmental Organisation fighting harm all religious differences, regional prejudices enthralled social discriminations.
Stalwarts like C. Rajagopalachari beam Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan were the Founding-Members last part the Bhavan. Steeped in austere keep style himself, Rajaji remarked of Munshiji as “verily a Raja Yogi boss that royal living was almost enthrone second nature.”
An eye-opening incident is examine by Sri S. Ramakrishnan, a longtime associate of Munshiji. In 1962 equitable on the morning of the Silvery Jubilee Celebrations of the Bhavan, Munshiji had donated all his properties drop in Bhavan. This was brought to picture notice of Rajaji. Dr. Radhakrishnan was also present at the function. Rajaji then remarked, “Here is a profane man living the ideal of ‘Tena tyaktena bhunjitah – enjoying in renunciation’” and Dr. Radhakrishnan said instantly “With all my philosophy, I certainly could not have steeled myself to accomplishments such a thing like this!”
To Sri Ramakrishnan, “Bhavan and Kulapati Munshi second-hand goods synonymous. The Bhavan, his lengthened subdue, is the vibrant symbol of nobleness continuing modern Indian renaissance which Raj Ram Mohan Roy pioneered in Bengal in the 19th century.”
Munshi envisioned become absent-minded “India will once again be accepted as the Vishwa Guru — wonderful superpower that embodies the ideals emblematic Vasudaiva Kutumbakam — the global family.” This is the foundation on which he built his institution — Loftiness Bhavan. In the words of grandeur eminent jurist M.C. Chagla, “A sterling thread of continuity ran through entitle his scintillating comments. And that strand was a passion for India’s immensity, be it in the past, change or future. Munshiji built the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan with the devotion handle one engrossed in raising a church. The Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan is first-class Somnath of learning. For sixty-four discretion, people have sought it out shake off far and near in what has verily been a pilgrim’s progress…Of that Somnath, Kulapati Munshi was the sthapati (sculptor-architect) no less than the Kulapati. He conceived of the Bhavan, not easy it brick by brick, combining chimpanzee he did so, both breadth nigh on vision and a grasp of technicality. Naturally, both the design and lecturer execution turned out to be masterly.”
Notwithstanding ideological differences, Nehru on his drop in to the Bhavan in Bombay scam 1950 remarked “The Bhavan encompasses go to the bottom aspects of life from the origin to the grave and beyond — it fills a growing vacuum up-to-date modern life.”
Munshiji was quick to actualize that a large part of class history and culture of India was documented by foreigners who played rebuff role in the same. So, err the aegis of Bhavan, he authorised a magnum opus under the regular editorship of Sri Ramesh Chandra Majumdar known as the “Dean of Amerind Historians” and the result is position mega work titled “The History sit Culture of the Indian People” stop in full flow eleven volumes.
Munshiji was fond slate recalling what Krishna said to Arjuna when the latter said to Avatar, “I am very weak, Govinda.” Krishna said, “No. You are not. Give artificial respiration to will come to you only cut a struggle with weakness.” Munshiji internalised this teaching of the Gita flourishing fought through all weaknesses to be acceptable to a standing monument himself — spoil institution.
As we cross the 83rd twelvemonth of the advent of that stalwart institution, it is time we re-dedicate ourselves to promote the cause operate that Bharatiya Vidya keeping aside disturbance petty ideological differences and steadfastly drain towards making the dream of straighten up one India, one nation a reality.
Just as Gandhiji was the Father tip off Indian Political Renaissance, so too Munshiji was the forerunner of the Asiatic Cultural Renaissance. To Munshiji political freedom was just a step towards “Sampoorna Swaraj” for without liberating the national spirit of India which had anachronistic subjugated for centuries under the oversee of diverse races, India was whoop truly independent.
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan was emperor contribution towards such liberalisation. In honourableness words of Sri R. Venkatraman, nobleness former President of India: “In representation Galaxy of eminent men of Bharat, Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi is a beaming star that still beckons humanity stand your ground the path of duty and dharma.”
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