K M Munshi

Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887 – 1971) was freedom movement activist, politician and the founder of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. He wrote numerous novels, dramas and non-fiction works in Gujarati and several works in English.

The most famous work is his trilogy which includes Patan-ni-Prabhuta (The Greatness of Patan), Gujarat-no-Nath (The Ruler of Gujarat) and Rajadhiraj (The Emperor).

He was active participant in freedom movement ever since arrival of Gandhi in India. In the Bardoli Satyagraha, he supported Sardar Patel. For a brief period, he joined the Swaraj party but later returned to INC on Gandhi’s behest at the time of launch of Salt Satyagraha. Munshi was on the ad hoc Flag Committee that selected the Flag of India in August 1947, and on the committee which drafted the Constitution of India under the chairmanship of B. R. Ambedkar.