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In 1904, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya thought of establishing a University and started working whole time for it leaving his lucrative law practice. During the same period, Annie Besant and other leaders were also working for a similar cause and established Central Hindu College at Banaras. In 1911, all joined hands and formed The Hindu […]

In 1904, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya thought of establishing a University and started working whole time for it leaving his lucrative law practice. During the same period, Annie Besant and other leaders were also working for a similar cause and established Central Hindu College at Banaras. In 1911, all joined hands and formed The Hindu University Society under the leadership of Pandit Ji with its headquarters at Allahabad. Kashi Naresh, Dr Vibhuti Narain Singh donated 1300 acres of land at Banaras for this noble cause.

In the second quarter of 1914, a meeting of the society was held. On the agenda was just one item ‘Whom should we invite to lay the foundation-stone?’

One of the members suggested that there was one in Punjab but he is a Sikh. Pandit Ji retorted, “Then what? We shall get the foundation-stone laid by him.”
In May 1914, caring little for the searing summer heat, Pandit Ji, with some of his followers, left for Sant Attar Singh’s Ashram at Mastuana, situated at the borders of the then Nabha and Patiala States. He traveled by train up to Sangrur, the capital of Jind.

State. The Ashram was at a distance of approximately 8 Km. Pandit Ji removed his shoes at Sangrur Railway Station and started walking barefoot on the sandy road. When somebody asked him why he was doing so, Pandit Ji replied that he was going to meet a saintly person for a holy cause and hence, he should be humble and respectful.
The news that Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya was coming to Mastuana, spread like a wildfire. One of Sant Attar Singh’s followers, because of the summer heat and poor road condition, sent for a few mares, which Pandit Ji politely refused.
On his arrival at the Ashram, Pandit Ji found Sant Ji reciting Kabir’s hymn:
Aval(i) Allah noor(u) upaaiaa Kudrat(i) k-ai sabh band-ai Ai-k noor t-ai sabh jagg upjiaa Kao(u)n bhal-ai ko mand-ai. (From the One and the same Light, the entire universe came into existence. How can there be good or bad among them?)
On listening to the above hymn, Pandit Ji felt that he had come to the right place.
On listening to the above hymn, Pandit Ji felt that he had come to the right place.

It was decided to lay the Foundation-Stone of the university on 24 December 1914.

It was decided to lay the Foundation-Stone of the university on 24 December 1914.