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Minocher Rustom "Minoo" Masani (20 November 1905 – 27 May 1998) was an Indian politician, a leading figure of the erstwhile
He served as a member of the
His public life began in the
He died, aged 92, in his home at Breach Candy, Mumbai. His funeral was held at Chandanwadi.[4]
Early life
Minocher (Minoo) Rustom Masani was born to Sir Rustom Masani who was a municipal commissioner of erstwhile Bombay and Vice chancellor of Bombay University. Masani was educated in Bombay before he moved to London where he studied at the London School of Economics[5] and he obtained his bachelor's degree in law before training as a barrister at the Lincoln's Inn in 1928.[6]
Political life
He began his professional life as an advocate at the Bombay High Court in 1929 before joining the Indian independence movement the following year, during the civil disobedience campaign. He was arrested several times by British for his participation in the movement. He was in the Nashik jail in 1932 when Jayaprakash Narayan came in contact with him and they launched the Congress Socialist Party in 1934 together. He participated in the Quit India Movement in 1942 and was jailed again.[7] After his jail term was over he entered legislative politics, He got elected mayor of Bombay Municipal Corporation.[8] Masani was a close friend of Jawaharlal Nehru.[9] He also became a member of the
After
Personal life
Masani married four times. His first wife was English and the marriage ended in divorce. His second marriage also ended in divorce. Minoo met Shakuntala Srivastava the daughter of Jwala Prasad Srivastava, an influential British loyalist during the Quit India movement. They married despite opposition from their respective families.[11] They had a son Zareer Masani.[15] This marriage too ended in divorce in 1989.
Works
Masani was also an author and has written many books. His first book, Our India, was a best seller and even a prescribed text book in pre-independence India.[10]
- Zoroastrianism: The Religion Of The Good Life (1938)
- Our India (1940)[16]
- Socialism Reconsidered (1944)[17]
- Picture of a Plan (1945)
- A Plea for a Mixed Economy (1947)[18]
- Our Growing Human Family (1950)[19]
- Neutralism in India (1951)
- The Communist Party of India: A Short History (1954)[20]
- Congress Misrule and Swatantra Alternative (1967)[21]
- Too Much Politics, Too Little Citizenship (1969)[22]
- Liberalism (1970)
- Folklore of wells: being a study of water-worship in East and West (1974)
- The Constitution, Twenty Years Later (1975)
- Bliss was it in that Dawn ... (1977)[23]
- Against the tide (1981)
- We Indians (1989)
- Masani, M.R. (1961). The Future of Free Enterprise in India: Forum of Free Enterprise. Forum of Free Enterprise. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
Bibliography
References
- ^ Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung, ed. (1999). Liberal priorities for India in the 21st century. Project for Economic Education. p. 18. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ISBN 9780802048691.
- ^ a b c d The Indian Express dated Thursday, 8 April 1948, Advance Towards Democratic Socialism online
- ^ "Minoo Masani dead". Rediff.com. 27 May 1998. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ISBN 978-1-317-64411-8.
- ^ Reed, Stanley (1950). The Indian And Pakistan Year Book And Who's Who 1950. Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd. p. 712. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ "CADIndia". CADIndia. 20 November 1905. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Rediff On The NeT: Minoo Masani dead". Rediff.com. 27 May 1998. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ISBN 9788124105252.
- ^ a b "M.R. Masani". Liberals India. 20 November 1905. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ a b Bhagat, Rasheeda (25 March 2012). "A walk through the loves and lives of the Masanis".
- ISBN 978-93-5305-354-3. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "THE PRESS- Censorship Scope and Limitations". Economic and Political Weekly. 11 (9): 7–8. 28 February 1976. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ Datta-Ray, Sunanda K. (30 January 2016). "Fighting the giant". Telegraph India. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-14-341760-6. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ Masani, M.R. (1953). Our India--1953. Oxford University Press (Indian Branch). Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ^ Masani, M.R. (1988). Socialism Reconsidered (in German). Padma. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ^ Masani, M.R. (1947). A Plea for the Mixed Economy. National Information & Publications. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ^ Masani, M.R. (1950). Our growing human family: from tribe to world federation. Indian Branch, Oxford University Press. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ^ Masani, M.R. The Communist Party of India, a Short History, by M. R. Masani. With an Introd. by Guy Wint. In Association with the Institute of Pacific Relations. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ^ Masani, M.R. Congress misrule and the Swatantra alternative, Foreword by C.Rajagopalachari. publisher not identified. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ^ Masani, M.R. (1968). Too Much Politics: Too Little Citizenship. Public affairs pamphlet (in German). Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ISBN 9780842610872. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
External links
- "Freedom First Magazine".
- Biography: Minocher Rustom Masani
- "Minoo Masani brief biography". Archived from the original on 9 August 2001.