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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Kunji Lal Dubey
| image=Kunji Lal Dubey 1996 stamp of India.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1896|03|18}}
| birth_place = [[Amagaon]], [[Narsinghpur district]], [[Madhya Pradesh]] India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1970|06|02|1896|03|18}}
| death_place = [[Madhya Pradesh]] India
| occupation = [[Indian independence activist]]<br>Educationist<br>Politician<br>Lawyer
| known for = [[Indian freedom struggle]]<br>Education
| spouse = Lalitabai
| children = Pt. Vishwanath Dubey (also owned the Phoenix group of companies.
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]
}}
'''Kunji Lal Dubey''' (18 March 1896 – 2 June 1970) was an [[Indian independence activist]], lawyer, educationist and politician from [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref name="Pt. Kunjilal Dubey on Free India">{{cite web | url=http://www.freeindia.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=489 | title=Pt. Kunjilal Dubey on Free India | publisher=Free India | date=4 February 2003 | access-date=12 March 2016}}</ref> He was the first vice chancellor of [[Rani Durgavati University]] and the chancellor of [[Nagpur University]]. He served as the first speaker of [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] in 1956, as the Finance Minister of the State in 1967 and was the president of the ''Inter University Board of India, Burma and Ceylon''.<ref name="Pandit Kunjilal Dubey passed away">{{cite web | url=http://thisdayinindia.com/pandit-kunjilal-dubey-passed-away/ | title=Pandit Kunjilal Dubey passed away | publisher=This Day in India | date=2016 | access-date=12 March 2016}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour, the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 1964, for his contributions to the society.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2016 |access-date=3 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> [[India Post]] issued a commemorative stamp on Dubey in 1996.<ref name="Commemorative Stamp">{{cite web | url=http://www.indianpost.com/viewstamp.php/Alpha/P/PT.%20KUNJILAL%20DUBEY | title=Commemorative Stamp | publisher=India Post | date=2016 | access-date=12 March 2016}}</ref>

== Biography ==
[[File:RSTM Nagpur University.jpg|thumb|235px|[[Nagpur University]] Campus entrance]]
Dubey was born on 18 March 1896 at [[Amgaon]], a village in the [[Narsinghpur district]] in [[Madhya Pradesh]], the second largest Indian state by area.<ref name="Dubey on Indianage">{{cite web | url=http://www.indianage.com/eventdate.php/Birth/18-March-1896 | title=Dubey on Indianage | publisher=Indianage | date=2016 | access-date=12 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008004025/http://www.indianage.com/eventdate.php/Birth/18-March-1896 | archive-date=8 October 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> After primary education at the village school in [[Kareli, Madhya Pradesh|Kareli]], he did his middle school studies at [[Narasinghpur]] and high school education at [[Akola]].<ref name="Pt. Kunjilal Dubey on Free India" /> Joining [[Robertson College Jabalpur|Robertson College, Jabalpur]] in 1914, he graduated in 1918. He moved to [[Allahabad]] for a degree course in law and graduated in law with first class in 1920.<ref name="Pt. Kunjilal Dubey on Free India" /> It was during this time, that he came under the influence of Indian freedom activists such as [[Madan Mohan Malaviya]] and [[Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar]] and entered the mainstream freedom movement. In 1934, he was elected as the president of the ''Inter-University Board of India, Burma and Ceylon'' and also held the post of the president of its legislative assembly.<ref name="Pandit Kunjilal Dubey passed away" /> The following year, he joined ''[[Hitkarini Sabha|Hitkarini Law College]]'', Jabalpur as a professor.<ref name="Former Chairman, State Legislative Assembly">{{cite web | url=http://mpvidhansabha.nic.in/sp-PanditKunjilalDubey.htm | title=Former Chairman, State Legislative Assembly | publisher=MP Legislative Assembly | date=2016 | access-date=12 March 2016}}</ref>

Aligning himself with the activities of the [[Indian National Congress — Freedom Era|Indian National Congress]], he became a member of [[All India Congress Committee]] (AICC) in 1937 and two years later, when the Tripuri Session of the AICC was convened in 1939, he was the secretary of the reception committee.<ref name="Former Chairman, State Legislative Assembly" /> In 1941, he was selected for the [[Satyagraha]] by [[Mahatma Gandhi]], but was detained by the police and sentenced to six months in jail, only to be released in 1942. On his release, he participated in the [[Quit India movement]] and was jailed again, this time for a period of two years.<ref name="Pt. Kunjilal Dubey on Free India" /> In 1946, he contested the first Assembly elections from [[Jabalpur]] and was elected unopposed to become the Chief Parliamentary Secretary of the cabinet. He successfully contested the first Assembly election of the newly formed state of [[Madhya Pradesh]] and became the first speaker of the house, but the tenure was short (1956–57).<ref name="A State is Born">{{cite web | url=http://www.rajbhavanmp.in/mp_formation.asp | title=A State is Born | publisher=MP Raj Bhavan | date=2016 | access-date=12 March 2016}}</ref> He continued to hold the post of the speaker for two more terms, from 1957 to 1962 and from 1962 to 1967.<ref name="Honorable Chairs of the State Legislative Assembly">{{cite web | url=http://mpvidhansabha.nic.in/po_.htm | title=Honorable Chairs of the State Legislative Assembly | publisher=Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | date=2016 | access-date=12 March 2016}}</ref>

In 1946, the year of his election to the state assembly, he was appointed as the chancellor of [[Nagpur University]], a post he held for three consecutive terms.<ref name="Pandit Kunjilal Dubey passed away" /> During his tenure, he established seats for the departments of [[Hindi]] and [[Marathi language|Marathi]]. He was involved in arranging the translation of 42 English texts to Hindi which were published in 1934 and prepared another 75 such texts which helped the students to learn science subjects in local languages.<ref name="Former Chairman, State Legislative Assembly" /> He was also associated with ''Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Sammelan'' and served as its president for one term. After the passing of Jabalpur University bill, the state government established [[Rani Durgavati University]] in 1956 with Dubey as its founder vice chancellor.<ref name="Pandit Kunjilal Dubey passed away" /> He was elected from the Jabalpur constituency again 1967 and held the portfolio of Finance in the [[Dwarka Prasad Mishra]] ministry during its second term from March 1967 to July 1967.<ref name="Former Chairman, State Legislative Assembly" />

Kunji Lal Dubey, who served as the President of the Madhya Pradesh Olympic Association, [[Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association]] and ''All India Ayurved Parishad'', besides being a founder member of the Madhya Pradesh Lalit Kala Akademi,<ref name="Pt. Kunjilal Dubey on Free India" /> was married to Lalitabai and the couple had three sons and three daughters.<ref name="Former Chairman, State Legislative Assembly" /> He died on 2 June 1970, at the age of 74.<ref name="Pandit Kunjilal Dubey passed away" />

== Awards and honours ==
The Government of India awarded the civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]] to Dubey in 1964.<ref name="Padma Awards" /> He received the degree of ''Doctor of Law'' ([[honoris causa]]) from [[Jabalpur University]] in 1965, followed by DLitt from [[Vikram University]] in 1967.<ref name="Pt. Kunjilal Dubey on Free India" /> [[India Post]] honoured him with a commemorative postage stamp in 1996.<ref name="Commemorative Stamp" /> A Law school in Bhopal, ''Pandit Kunjilal Dubey Rashtriya Sansadiya Vidyapeeth'',<ref name="Pandit Kunjilal Dubey Rashtriya Sansadiya Vidyapeeth">{{cite web | url=http://www.carmelbhopal.net/trip.php?show=799 | title=Pandit Kunjilal Dubey Rashtriya Sansadiya Vidyapeeth | publisher=Carmel Convent, Bhopal | date=2016 | access-date=12 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313041639/http://www.carmelbhopal.net/trip.php?show=799 | archive-date=13 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Events">{{cite web | url=http://speakerloksabha.nic.in/event/EventDetails.asp?EventId=2312 | title=Events | publisher=Office of the Speaker Lok Sabha | date=2014 | access-date=12 March 2016}}</ref> has been named after Dubey<ref name="An educational visit">{{cite web | url=http://www.jssgiwfom.com/vidhan.html | title=An educational visit | publisher=Jeev Sewa Sansthan | date=2016 | access-date=12 March 2016}}</ref> and the local school in his native village, [[Amgaon]], bears the name, ''Kunjilal Dubey Vidyalaya'', after him.<ref name="Kunjilal Dubey Vidyalaya">{{cite web | url=http://freetutorial.in/schools/709206 | title=Kunjilal Dubey Vidyalaya | publisher=Free Tutorial | date=2016 | access-date=12 March 2016}}</ref> ''Pandit Kunjilal Dubey Memorial Lecture Series'', is an annual oration, instituted by [[Rani Durgavati University]], in memory of its founder vice chancellor.<ref name="Pandit Kunjilal Dubey Memorial Lecture Series">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tPX1PgAACAAJ | title=Pandit Kunjilal Dubey Memorial Lecture Series | publisher=Classical Publishing Company}}</ref> The University has also named its auditorium after him as ''Pandit Kunjilal Dubey Auditorium''.<ref name="Pandit Kunjilal Dubey Auditorium">{{cite web | url=https://www.panoramio.com/photo/14997702 | title=Pandit Kunjilal Dubey Auditorium | publisher=Panoramio | date=2016 | access-date=12 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013081405/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/14997702 | archive-date=13 October 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Rani Durgavati University]]
* [[Nagpur University]]
* [[Speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
* [[List of postage stamps of India]]
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