It has analyzed the various stages of Malaviya’s leadership and his ability to wield and retain authority. Rather than being a restraining influence on the nationalist struggle, Malaviya laid a solid foundation for the uplift of the nation through his faith in constitutional politics, efforts to improve education, fight for the freedom of press and for the rights of indentured laborers abroad and activities of socio-cultural realm which broadened the arena of public sphere in United Provinces. The gamut of Malaviya’s public life, covering well over fifty years, was wide enough to include political, social, educational, and religious activities, and he had a personality that enabled him to play a prominent role in all of them with equal felicity. He was a Congressman with a difference. Malaviya was essentially a moderate, but he was anxious not to fall too far behind public opinion. And once he was convinced about the trend of public opinion on any issue, he did not hesitated to pick up that issue. While believing in constitutional methods, he would work for mass consciousness and mass action, and the Abhyudaya, maintained its place among Hindi journals as being the mouthpiece and political manifesto of Madan Mohan …show more content…
Because press as a component of mass media became to acquire an unique status as sustainer of society, ideological state apparatus, and subtle manipulator of culture in an attempt to produce a consensus in the society. The press by all means, played a significant role in the society; it influences almost every aspect of