Bhai Mahavir was an Indian politician who was governor of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh between April 1998 and March 2003.
14 Facts About Bhai Mahavir
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Bhai Mahavir was a pracharak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and served as a leader of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh and Bharatiya Janata Party.
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Bhai Mahavir has authored many books and had served two terms prior to his governorship as a member of the Rajya Sabha.
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Bhai Mahavir was the son of Bhai Parmanand, a Mohyal Brahmin, member of Arya Samaj and a leader of the Hindu Mahasabha.
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Bhai Mahavir grew up with an Arya Samaj background and went to study at the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College in Lahore.
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Bhai Mahavir became a pracharak in 1942, and worked in that capacity in Jalandhar for 2 years.
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Bhai Mahavir moved to Delhi in 1956, working as a lecturer in the Panjab University College established for the Panjabi refugees.
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Bhai Mahavir was among this group, along with Vasantrao Oak and Balraj Madhok, all RSS Pracharaks.
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Bhai Mahavir was named a General Secretary of the nationwide party.
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Bhai Mahavir served in that capacity for one year, succeeded by Deendayal Upadhyaya in 1952.
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Bhai Mahavir continued on the Working Committee of the Jana Sangh, along with several other RSS leaders who controlled the policy line of Jana Sangh.
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Bhai Mahavir continued in senior positions in the Jana Sangh and later in Bharatiya Janata Party.
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Bhai Mahavir was married to Krishna Kumari who died in New Delhi on 14 December 2012.
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Bhai Mahavir died at his home in Delhi on 3 December 2016.