Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi

Indian independence movement activist, politician, writer and educationist

Date of Birth: 30-Dec-1887

Place of Birth: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Date of Death: 08-Feb-1971

Profession: lawyer, politician, author, journalist

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (30 December 1887 – 8 February 1971), popularly known as K.
M.
Munshi and with his pen name Ghanshyam Vyas, was an Indian independence movement activist, politician, writer and educationist from Gujarat state.
A lawyer by profession, he later turned to author and politician.
He was a well-known name in Gujarati literature.
He founded Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, an educational trust, in 1938.Musnhi wrote his works in three languages namely Gujarati, English and Hindi.
Before independence of India, Munshi was part of Indian National Congress and after independence, he joined Swatantra Party and Bharatiya Jana Sangh.
Munshi held several important posts like member of Constituent Assembly of India, minister of agriculture and food of India, and governor of Uttar Pradesh.
In his later life, he was one of the founding members of Vishva Hindu Parishad.