What is Madan Mohan Malaviya?
[[File:Mahamana_Madan_Mohan_Malaviya_ji_Smiling.jpg|thumb|Madan Mohan Malaviya in early 20th century]] '''Madan Mohan Malaviya''' ({{audio|Madan Mohan Malaviya.ogg|pronunciation}} (25 December 1861 — 12 November 1946) was an [[India|Indian]] scholar, educational reformer and politician. He was famously known for his efforts in the [[Indian independence movement]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Patel|first=Hitendra K|date=2014|title=ASPECTS OF SOCIO-POLITICAL THOUGHT OF MADAN MOHAN MALAVIYA, A LIBERAL HINDU NATIONALIST|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44158435|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|volume=75|pages=592–596|issn=2249-1937}}</ref> He was president of the [[Indian National Congress]] for four times. He founded an organisation called [[:en:Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha|Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha]]. He was generally known as ''Pandit''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BX3wIjJ9mvMC&pg=PA340|title=Indian Political Thought|author1=Sharma, Urmila|author2=Sharma, S.K.|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|year=2001|isbn=978-81-7156-678-5|page=340}}</ref> (a title of respect), and '''''Mahamana''''' (Great Soul).<ref>{{cite news|date=27 December 2009|title=Mahamana's life as exemplary as Mahatma's: BHU V-C|work=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-12-27/varanasi/28102158_1_bhu-v-c-bhu-alumni-cell-birth-anniversary-celebrations|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104195634/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-12-27/varanasi/28102158_1_bhu-v-c-bhu-alumni-cell-birth-anniversary-celebrations|archive-date=4 November 2012}}</ref> Malaviya was one of the founders of ''The Bharat Scouts and Guides''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2NoVNSyopVcC&pg=PA61|title=Our Leaders (Volume 9 of Remembering Our Leaders)|publisher=[[Children's Book Trust]]|year=1989|isbn=978-81-7011-842-8|page=61}}</ref> He founded a highly influential English newspaper, ''The Leader,'' in 1919. The newspaper was pu