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{{Short description|University in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India}}
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{{Infobox university
| name = Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith
| native_name = Kashi Vidyapith
| image_name = Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith logo.png
| image_size =
| motto = [[IAST]]: ''Vidhya'mritamaśnute''
| motto_lang =
| mottoeng = Knowledge imparts immortality
| former_name = Kashi Vidyapith
| established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|paren=yes|10 February 1921}}
| closed =
| type = [[State University]]
| affiliations = [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]]
| accreditation = [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council|NAAC]] B++
| chancellor = [[Governor of Uttar Pradesh]]
| vice_chancellor = Anand Kumar Tyagi
| faculty =
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| students =
| undergrad =
| postgrad =
| doctoral =
| other =
| city = Varanasi
| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| country = [[India]]
| nickname = Vidyapith
| website = {{URL|https://mgkvpexam.in/}}
}}

'''Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith''' is a public university located in [[Varanasi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. Established on 10 February 1921 as '''Kashi Vidyapith''' and later renamed, it is administered under the state legislature of the government of Uttar Pradesh. It got University status in 1974 as [[Deemed to be University]] and [[State University (India)|State University]] status in 2009 by The Uttar Pradesh State Universities (Amendment) Act, 2008 (act no. 6 of 2009). The university has more than 400+ affiliated colleges spread over six districts. It is one of the largest [[State university (India)|state universities]] in Uttar Pradesh, with hundreds of thousands of students, both rural and urban. It offers a range of professional and academic courses in arts, science, commerce, agriculture science, law, computing and management.

==Foundation==
Babu [[Shiv Prasad Gupta]] and [[Bhagwan Das]] established the university in Varanasi, on 10 February 1921, during the [[Non-cooperation movement (1919–22)|non-cooperation movement]] of the freedom struggle. Originally named Kashi Vidyapith, the university was renamed Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith in 1995. It was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mgkvp.ac.in/|title=MGKVP-Welcome to M.G. Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi|access-date=13 July 2011|archive-date=10 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810213258/http://www.mgkvp.ac.in/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Kashi Vidyapith was the action field of the Indian National Movement & a pilgrimage for the Socialists.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mgkvp.ac.in/|title=Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi.|website=www.mgkvp.ac.in|access-date=2020-01-07|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108161903/https://www.mgkvp.ac.in/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Alumni==
{{alumni|date=September 2017}}
Alumni of Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith include:
* [[Naheed Abidi]],<ref name="Elets Online">{{cite web | url=http://digitallearning.eletsonline.com/2014/09/eminent-sanskrit-scholar-calls-on-pm/ | title=Elets Online | publisher=Elets Online | date=2014 | access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref> scholar and writer
* [[Ramakrishna Hegde]], former [[Chief Minister of Karnataka]]
* [[B. V. Keskar]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Second Lok Sabha – Members' Bioprofile: BV Keskar|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/790.htm|access-date=30 October 2014}}</ref> former Union Minister of India
* [[G. Sanjeeva Reddy]], Ex. MP, President [[Indian National Trade Union Congress]]
* [[Kalraj Mishra]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile: Kalraj Mishra|url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4721&lastls=16|website=164.100.47.194|publisher=[[Lok Sabha]]}}</ref> former [[Governor of Rajasthan]]
* [[Rajaram (politician)|Rajaram]], former national vice-president of BSP
* [[Anant Maral Shastri]], freedom fighter, writer and scholar
* [[Bhola Paswan Shastri]], former [[Chief Minister of Bihar]]
* [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]], former [[Prime Minister of India]]
* [[Tribhuvan Narain Singh]], former [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[Kamlapati Tripathi]], former [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[Nivaan Sen]], Indian Actor And Producer
* [[Gopi Sonkar]], Indian field hockey player<ref>{{Cite web|title=वाराणसीः लॉकडाउन में फल और सब्‍जी बेच रहे हैं राष्‍ट्रीय स्तर के खिलाड़ी|url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/national-level-players-selling-fruits-and-vegetables-in-varanasi-amid-lockdown/articleshow/75915303.cms|access-date=2021-12-25|website=Navbharat Times|language=hi}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Banaras Hindu University]]
*[[Gujarat Vidyapith]]
*[[Rajasthan Vidyapeeth]]
*[[Sardar Patel University]]
*[[List of educational institutions in Varanasi]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|https://mgkvponline.org.in/}}

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[[Category:Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith| ]]
[[Category:Universities in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges in Varanasi]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1921]]
[[Category:1921 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Drama schools in India]]

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