Satyanarayana Moturi was an Indian independence activist alongside Mohandas Gandhi until 1947 and then a member of the Constituent Assembly of India which drafted the Indian Constitution.
18 Facts About Moturi Satyanarayana
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Moturi Satyanarayana was a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha until 1966.
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Moturi Satyanarayana was instrumental in making Hindi an official language in the Indian Constitution, while tolerating the other major Indian languages.
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Moturi Satyanarayana devoted his later life to helping spread Hindi in South India.
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Moturi Satyanarayana joined the Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha as a volunteer and gradually became the Secretary and Principal Secretary of that organisation.
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Moturi Satyanarayana married Shrimati Suryakanta Devi and had three sons and four daughters with her.
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Moturi Satyanarayana participated in Quit India Movement in 1942 and was jailed.
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Moturi Satyanarayana was the Editor of "Hindi Pracharak", "Hindi Prachar Samachar" and Dakshina Bharat.
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Moturi Satyanarayana organised many Institutions all over India such as "Dakshina Bharata Hindi Prachara Sabha" of Madras.
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Moturi Satyanarayana was the Founding Secretary of "Telugu Basha Samithi" of Madras and Hyderabad.
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Moturi Satyanarayana served as a Member of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution for its Language Section.
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Moturi Satyanarayana advocated for drafting of the Constitution in Indian languages first.
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Moturi Satyanarayana served twice between 1954 and 1966.
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Moturi Satyanarayana was a member of: the Madras Legislative Council ; the Central Advisory Board of Education of the Govt.
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Moturi Satyanarayana was the chief editor of Encyclopedia on Social Sciences in Hindi published by the Hindi Vikas Samithi, Madras.
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Moturi Satyanarayana was the founding secretary of the Telugu Bhasha Samiti.
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Moturi Satyanarayana founded the Hindi Vikas Samiti and published 'Vishwa Vignana Samhita.
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Moturi Satyanarayana was a recipient of the Padma Shri award in 1954 and the Padma Bhushan award in 1962, both from the Government of India.