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Pandit Krishnakant Vyas:
An Outstanding Patriot And Freedom Fighter Pandit Krishnakant Vyas was born on 30th August 1910 in Ranapur village of Jhabua District in Madhya Pradesh, in a family of Tehsildar shri Brijlal Vyas. He was a great freedom fighter of Madhya Bharat and was an Indian National Congress politician. When Mahatma Gandhi invoked the youth of nation to join the freedom struggle movement, Shri Pandit Vyas & his wife inspired by Mahatma’s invocation for nation and went to Sabarmati ashram and stayed there in 1930. They spent time with Mahatma Gandhi. In getting contact with Bapu widen his vision and help to understand what freedom struggle really meant. He started his public life in 1930 as social leader in Indore by founding  ‘Swadeshi Pracharak Navyuvak Mandal’. Pandit Vyas played major role in foundation of ‘Indore Praja Mandal ‘, ‘ Madhya Bharat Deshi Lok- Raj Parishad’ and ‘ Majdoor Sangh’ and took active part in the activities. He was a member of indore Municiple council in 1939 and  joint secretary of Indore Congress committee in 1931-36. Pandit Vyas was a member of Ajmer Merwara Provincial Congress Committee and secretary of Swadeshi Pracharak Navyuwak Mandal in 1931-1933. Pandit Krishnakant Vyas was General Secretary of Madhya Bharat Deshi Lok Rajya Parishad in 1936 and reelected from 1942 to 1949. He was not only a eminent freedom fighter of Madhya Bharat but also known for his persevere belligerent and of diehard journalism against British rule. Pandit Vyas successfully held the responsibilities as managing editor and editor of ‘Praja mandal Ptrika’ published by Indore Praja mandal. He was also President of Indore Nagar Praja Mandal In 1930’s when not a single daily newspaper was published from Indore, Pandit Vyas used to send news and patriotic articles to newspapers of Gujrati, Marathi,Hindi and English which were coming from the rest of India. His patriotic journalism ensued direct confrontation with British goverment. In 1933 many luminary freedom fighters from Indore including Pandit Krishnakant Vyas, Shri Baijnath Mahodaya, Shri Kanhaiyalal Khadiwala,Pandit Kashinath trivedi  et al. along with their spouses, went to Ajmer to take part in  the demonstration to espouse the ‘Civil Disobedience Movement’. British government jailed them in Ajmer for three months. During ‘Quit India Movement’ Pandit Vyas was confined to jail for 15 months. He also got 6 months rigorous incarceration for his escape from Mandleshwar jail. Being a freedom fighter he realized the need for a influential newspaper in Indore to arouse  national awareness  in the masses and to invoked the people  to rope in the freedom struggle and that  promulgate the activities of feedom struggle movement. On 5th June 1947, Pandit Krishnakant Vyas with the help of friends founded a daily newspaper ‘Naidunia’.He was also the first chief editor of Naidunia. Now Naidunia,published by The Jagaran Group, is one of the leading newspapers of India. Pandit Vyas suceessfully organized the Madhya Bharat Sampadak Sammailan at Indore in 1942 and 1952.In 52 the sammailan was presided over by national poet Pandit Balkrishna Sharma ‘Naveen’. Pandit Vyas was President of Madhya Bharat Press Advisory Board in 1949-50. In the view of his dedication and services to the nation, Pandit KrishnaKant Vyas was nominated  as a  member of provisional parliament from 1950- 1952 and then  continued as member of Rajya Sabha from 1952 to 1956 from Indian National Congress. After 1956 he edited and published a weekly ‘Congress Sandesh’ of Madhya Bharat Congress Committee. After formation of Madhya Pradesh he continued the publication of the weekly in the name of ‘Lekha Jokha’. In 1971, Pandit KrishnaKant Vyas was appointed as The Chairman of Freedom Fighters Advisory Committee by the government of Madhya Pradesh.He died on 20th October 1973, in Indore. 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