Born in Allahabad, M. M. Malaviya was a lawyer by profession. A member of the provincial as well as central legislature for many terms, in 1907 he helped set up the Indian Industrial Conference and the UP Industrial Association in Allahabad. He was one of the ‘Moderates’ in the Congress. The massacre in the Jallianwala Bagh made him prompt the Congress to build a memorial for the dead in that area. He established his Nationalist Party in 1926. He helped found the Banaras Hindu University and later became its Vice Chancel­lor. M.M. Malaviya also served as the editor of publications such as the Hindustan, the Indian Union and Abyudaya.