Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan is an Indian educational trust. It was founded on 7 November 1938 by K. M Munshi, with the support of Mahatma Gandhi. The trust programmes through its 119 centres in India, 7 centres abroad and 367 constituent institutions, cover "all aspects of life from the cradle to the grave and beyond – it fills a growing vacuum in modern life", as Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru observed when he first visited the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in 1950.
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- Awards
- Gandhi Peace Prize
- Founded
- 1938
- Founder
- Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
- Headquarters
- Mumbai
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Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan is an Indian educational trust. It was founded on 7 November 1938 by K. M Munshi, with the support of Mahatma Gandhi. The trust programmes through its 119 centres in India, 7 centres abroad and 367 constituent institutions, cover "all aspects of life from the cradle to the grave and beyond – it fills a growing vacuum in modern life", as Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru observed when he first visited the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in 1950.
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• Location — India • Type — Educational trust • Website — http: www.bhavans.info • Awards — Gandhi Peace Prize
Organisation
Organisation
• Illustration — Bust of K. M. Munshi at Bhavan The trust operates a number of primary and secondary institutes in India and abroad. It organises and runs 100 private schools in India. The schools are known as Bharatiya Vidya Mandir, Bhavan's Vidya Mandir, or Bhavan's Vidyalaya. The Bhavan significantly grew as a cultural organisation and became a global foundation under the leadership of Sundaram Ramakrishnan who took over as the director after the death of Munshi in 1971. The first foreign centre was opened in London in 1972.
Book series
Book series
• Bharatiya Vidya Series • Bhavan's Book University • The History and Culture of the Indian People • Natya, Nritya and Sangita Series • Pocket Gandhi Series • Singhi Jain Series
Board members
Board members
The current president of the Bhavan is Surendralal Mehta, and the vice-president is Bellur Srikrishna.
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Delhi has one of the few India's Open air auditoriums.
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Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Delhi - main building.
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scholarly publication
- Asia: Twilight in China <i>By</i> K.P.S. Menon. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay. 1972. xvi, 271p. Rs. 22.50, India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, 1973
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1973
- Bharatiya Vidya, a Quarterly Research Organ of the [Bharatiya Vidya] Bhavan [Of Bombay] on All Subjects Connected with Indian Culture. Vol. XV, Artibus Asiae, 1955
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1955
- British Dominion in India and After. By <i>V. B. Kulkarni</i>. (Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. 1964. Pp. ix, 452. Rs. 20.) and Advent of Independence. By <i>A. K. Majumdar</i>. With a foreword by <i>K. M. Munshi</i>. (Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. 1963. Pp. xvii, 427. Rs. 20.), The American Historical Review, 1966
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1966
- British Dominion in India and After. By V. B. Kulkarni. Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1964. ix, 452, Index. Rs. 20.00, The Journal of Asian Studies, 1966
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1966
- Conflict in Indian Society: A Historical Survey. By V. B. Kulkarni. Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1981. 365 pp. Index, Errata. N.p, The Journal of Asian Studies, 1982
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1982
reference work
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3635018: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
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- “Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1138251860, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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- 1.President Abdul Kalam to confer Gandhi Peace Prize on Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.
- 2.bhavans.info. www.bhavans.info.
- 3.Schoolkhoj. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.
- 4.bhavans.info. www.bhavans.info.
- 5.Kulapati Munshi - The Man and His Mission by S. Ramakrishnan. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Bangalore.
- 6.Rudradasa's Candralekha, archive.org. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- 7.Bhavan's Book University (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan) - Book Series List, publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- 8.Kuvalayamala, archive.org. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- 9.bhavans.info. www.bhavans.info.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1138251860, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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