Background
As a young man Vidyalankar was sent by his father to study Engineering at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
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Career
He was imprison by the colonial authorities in the famous Red Fort prison. He spent almost 17 years in Russia and became a scholar of the Russian language translating Russian literature into Hindi. During that time he travelled extensively to Mongolia and translated literature from Mongolian to Hindi as well.
While in Mongolia he came in contact with Borjigin Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj a Mongolian poet and writer
They became close friends and later he translated many of Natsagdorj"s works into Hindi. He convinced Bose to travel to Russia for assistance in India"s struggle.
Mahavarat Vidyalankar was also a writer of many books on both politics and Sanskrit. As a scholar of Sanskrit, Russian, and Mongolian and he has also translated many books from these languages into Hindi and English.
He died in 1965. He had 3 children all of whom eventually left India.
Mahavarat Vidyalankar lived in Pahari Dhiraj in Old Delhi. His house, known as "Dayal Vas" named after his father Har Dayal Singh Saini was known to be the hub and hiding placed of many prominent Indian Freedom Fighters such as Sheel Bhadra Yajee, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Sarojini Naidu, Mahavir Tyagi, and many I.N.A heroes such as Dhillon and Sehgal. The historic house is still standing in Old Delhi, in Mandir Wali Gali.
Politics
After obtaining his degree he secretly left England to further study Marxist-Leninism in Russia. He returned to India with a unique understanding of imperialism and believed that only socialism could give India meaningful and true Independence.
Views
There he came in contact with many leftist scholars and was highly influenced by Marxist philosophy.
Membership
He was a close advisor and comrade of Subhas Chandra Bose and a founding member of the All India Forward Bloc, a leftist party which held the most uncompromising position on India"s Independence.
