![]() ![]() He also wanted to focus on his own writing, for which he had already earned fame. His degree in law would later help take part in framing the Indian Constitution when he was appointed a member of the Drafting Committee under Dr BR Ambedkar.ĭue to his penchant for education and literature, Munshi took a sabbatical from his legal career in 1920 and established the Gujarati Sahitya Sansad to promote Gujarati literature. In 1907, after topping his BA and LLB exams, Munshi arrived in Bombay to practice law, and after three years, registered as a lawyer at the Bombay High Court. ![]() Here, one of his teachers was revolutionary leader Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, who influenced Munshi to join the freedom struggle. He excelled at academics and enrolled at Baroda College for higher education. Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi was born on 30th December 1887 in Bharuch, Gujarat. He was the founder of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and the person behind the rebuilding of the Somnath Temple. Munshi was a lawyer, an educator, a freedom fighter and a politician. But while the literary genius of KM Munshi is well known, he played many roles other than that of a writer. The books became bestsellers and its author a household name. In the early 20th century, an epic trilogy on the Kingdom of Patan and its court drama fired the imagination of the people of Gujarat. ![]()
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