Education
University of Calcutta.
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Madhav Shrihari Aney
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Career
He passed his Bachelor of Arts examination from Morris College in Nagpur in 1902 and passed his Bachelor of Laws examination from Calcutta University in 1907. He was one of the eminent disciples of Lokmanya Tilak apart from North C Kelkar, Kakasaheb Khadilkar, Gangadhar Deshpande, Doctor B South Munje, Abhyankar, T B Paranjpe and Vaman Malhar Joshi. In 1934, he was nominated to the Central Legislative Assembly as the representative of Berar Province.
He resigned in 1943, when the British Indian government refused to release Mahatma Gandhi, while he was on fast.
He was the High Commissioner to Ceylon from 1943 to July 1947. He joined the Constituent Assembly in 1947.
After Indian independence, Doctor Aney was the Governor of Bihar from 12 January 1948 to 14 June 1952. Aney Marg, the street on which the chief minister of Bihar"s residence is located, is named after him.
Achievements
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He was one of the founder of the Congress Nationalist Party. He died on 26 January 1968 evening, the very day he was honored with Padma Vibhushan. In 1973, he was posthumously honored with the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit for his Shritilakayashornava (1971), a Sanskrit biography of Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
Membership
During 1941-1943, he was a member of the Viceroy"s Executive Council responsible for Indians Overseas and Commonwealth Relations. He was also a member of the 3rd Lok Sabha from 1962 to 1967, representing Nagpur constituency.
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Born
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Nationality
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Political Party
Nationalist Party
Education
Awards
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Padma Vibhushan; Sahitya Akademi Award Sahitya Akademi Award; Padma Vibhushan
Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations.Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations.