Saturday, March 16, 2013

Santiniketan and Madan Mohan Malaviya & Daniel Hamilton

Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya (Hindi: पंडित मदन मोहन मालवीय) About this sound pronunciation (1861–1946) was an Indian educationist, and freedom fighter notable for his role in the Indian independence movement and his espousal of Hindu nationalism. Later in life, he was also addressed as 'Mahamana'
Madan Mohan Malaviya came to Santiniketan on 2nd Dec 1932 and was greeted cordially.
Rabindranath presided over the 70th birth anniversary of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy on 11th Dec 1932. He also published a book on Mahatmaji and dedicated it to Mahatmaji on thesame date.
He delivered a lecture on the "Functions of University" in Calcutta University. This was his first lecture in the Calcutta Universit after beiong appointed in the post of professor designated under the name of  " Ramtanu Larhiri". He did not take classes regularly in the University but acted as visiting professor.
Sir Daniel Mackinnon Hamilton (6 December 1860 – 6 December 1939) was a Scottishbusinessman who made Bengal his second home. He established a zamindari in Gosaba, where he experimented with programmes of rural and social upliftment. He was a visionary and builder of rural reconstruction programmes at a time when the Indian national movement was gaining momentum, and gave importance to rural upliftment and self-help
Rabindranath visited the farm of Sir Daniel Hamilton at Gosaba and in the month of Jan 1933.