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{{Short description|Indian lawyer and politician (1823–1859)}}
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| name = Mukund Ramrao Jayakar
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| birth_date = {{Birth year|1873}}
| birth_date         = November 13, 1873
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| death_date = {{Death year and age|1959|1873}}  
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1959-03-10|1873-11-13}}
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| death_place         = Bombay, India
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| office = Bombay Legislative Council Member
| office1            = [[Bombay Legislative Council|Member of Bombay Legislative Council]]
| term = 1952–1957
| term1              = 1952–1957
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| party =Indian National Congress
| office2            = [[Savitribai Phule Pune University|Vice Chancellor of Pune University]]
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| term2              = 1948 - 1956
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| predecessor2        = ''position established''
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| successor2          = [[R.P. Paranjpye]]
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| party               = [[Swaraj Party]]
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| otherparty          = [[Indian National Congress]]<br/>  [[Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha|Hindu Mahasabha]]<br/>  [[Indian Liberal Party|National Liberal Federation]]
| nationality        = [[British Indian]] {{small|(1873-1947)}}<br/>  [[India|Indian]] {{small|(1947-1959)}}
| occupation          = Lawyer, academic, freedom fighter and politician
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'''Makund Ramrao Jayakar''' (13 November 1873 – 10 March 1959, Bombay) was the first Vice-Chancellor of the [[ University of Poona]]. He was a renowned  Lawyer, scholar and politician. He was a prominent freedom fighter.<ref name="Hackett 2012 p. 101">{{cite book | last=Hackett | first=P.G. | title=Theos Bernard, the White Lama: Tibet, Yoga, and American Religious Life | publisher=Columbia University Press | year=2012 | isbn=978-0-231-53037-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YS1FAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA101 | access-date=2020-06-10 | page=101}}</ref>
'''Mukund Ramrao Jayakar''' (13 November 1873 – 10 March 1959) was an Indian Lawyer, scholar and politician. He was the first Vice-Chancellor of the [[University of Poona]].<ref name="Hackett 2012 p. 101">{{cite book | last=Hackett | first=P.G. | title=Theos Bernard, the White Lama: Tibet, Yoga, and American Religious Life | publisher=Columbia University Press | year=2012 | isbn=978-0-231-53037-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YS1FAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA101 | access-date=2020-06-10 | page=101}}</ref>


Jayakar was born in a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] [[Pathare Prabhu]] family.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Myth of the Lokamanya: Tilak and Mass Politics in Maharashtra|publisher=University of California Press|url=https://archive.org/details/mythoflokamanya00rich|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/mythoflokamanya00rich/page/190 190]|author=Richard I. Cashman|year=1975|isbn=9780520024076|quote=Although more at home in the cosmopolitan center of Bombay, and a member of the Council of the Bombay Presidency Association, the Pathare Prabhu lawyer, Mukund Ramrao Jayakar (1873-1959), expressed the typical response}}</ref>
Jayakar was born in a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] [[Pathare Prabhu]] family.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Myth of the Lokamanya: Tilak and Mass Politics in Maharashtra|publisher=University of California Press|url=https://archive.org/details/mythoflokamanya00rich|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/mythoflokamanya00rich/page/190 190]|author=Richard I. Cashman|year=1975|isbn=9780520024076|quote=Although more at home in the cosmopolitan center of Bombay, and a member of the Council of the Bombay Presidency Association, the Pathare Prabhu lawyer, Mukund Ramrao Jayakar (1873-1959), expressed the typical response}}</ref>


Jayakar studied LL.B. in Bombay in 1902 and became a barrister in 1905 at London. In 1905 he was enrolled as advocate of the Bombay High Court. He was Director of ''[[The Bombay Chronicle]]'' along with [[Jinnah]].
Jayakar studied LL.B. in Bombay in 1902 and became a barrister in 1905 at London. In 1905 he was enrolled as advocate of the Bombay High Court. He was Director of ''[[The Bombay Chronicle]]'' along with [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah|Jinnah]].


He was a member of the [[Bombay Legislative Council]] during 1923–1925, and a leader of the [[Swaraj Party]]. He also became member of Central Legislative Assembly. In 1937 he became Judge of [[Federal Court of India]] at Delhi. In December 1946, he joined [[Constituent Assembly of India]]. He was also the chairman of Indian Road Development Committee, formed in 1927 to report some recommendations in the highway development. He was a member of [[Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha]]. He took part in the [[All Parties Conference]] in 1928, and was pivotal in denying demands of Muslim League put forward by [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]].
He was a member of the [[Bombay Legislative Council]] during 1923–1925, and a leader of the [[Swaraj Party]]. He also became member of [[Central Legislative Assembly]]. In 1937 he became Judge of the [[Federal Court of India]] at Delhi. In December 1946, he joined the [[Constituent Assembly of India]]. He was also the chairman of the Indian Road Development Committee, formed in 1927 to report recommendations regarding highway development. He was a member of the [[Hindu Mahasabha]] and the [[Indian Liberal Party|Indian National Liberal Federation]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Majeed |first=Javed |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q0OGDAAAQBAJ&dq=Jayakar%20%22Indian%20Liberal%20Party%22&pg=PA166 |title=Autobiography, Travel and Postnational Identity: Gandhi, Nehru and Iqbal |date=2007-01-18 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-230-28681-8 |language=en}}</ref> He took part in the [[All Parties Conference]] in 1928, and was pivotal in denying demands of the [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]] put forward by [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]].


He was elected to the Constituent Assembly on a Congress ticket from Bombay. However after a brief stint in the Assembly, he gave up his seat which Babasaheb Dr. [[B. R. Ambedkar]] then occupied.<ref>{{cite news |title=Constituent Assembly Debates |url=https://cadindia.clpr.org.in/constituent_assembly_members/dr__m__r__jayakar}}</ref> <ref>{{cite book |author=P. Rajeshwar Rao|title=The Great Indian Patriot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eTrs9MF9374C|year=1991|isbn=9788170992882|page=30}}</ref>
[[File:M.R. Jayakar, Tej Bahadur Sapru and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar at Yerwada jail, in Poona, on 24 September 1932, the day the Poona Pact was signed.jpg|thumb|'''M. R. Jayakar''', [[Tej Bahadur Sapru]] and [[B. R. Ambedkar]] at [[Yerawada Central Jail]], in Poona, on 24 September 1932, the day the [[Poona Pact]] was signed]]
He was also Chairman of the Advisory Board of [[Kaivalyadhama Health and Yoga Research Center|Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute]].


In 1930, Jayakar and Tej Bahadur Sapru were involved in negotiations between Congress and the Government when Motilal Nehru and other Congress members were imprisoned. These negotiations are said to have led to the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March 1931 whereby Congress members were released from prison in return for the discontinuation of non-cooperation; the salt tax was removed and Congress members would be represented at the next Round Table Conference. Jayakar was a member of the Judicial Privy Council in London and attended the Round Table Conference in London in 1931. Jayakar was known for his educationist and philanthropist work. He received an honorary DCL from Oxford University in 1938, upon the recommendation of E. J. Thompson. He was Vice-Chancellor of Poona University from 1948 upon its foundation, until his retirement in 1955.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Open University Making of Britain|url=http://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/m-r-jayakar}}</ref>
He died on 10 March 1959 at Bombay at the age of 86.<ref>{{ cite news | title=Dr M R Jayakar |url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/11/stories/2009031151120903.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107093128/http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/11/stories/2009031151120903.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 November 2012 |accessdate=8 February 2010 |location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] |date=11 March 2009}}</ref>
 
== Writings ==
'''Published works:'''
 
''Social Reform and Social Service'' (Madras: Theosophical Society, 1917)
 
(ed.) Kirtikar, V. J., ''Studies in Vedanta'' (Bombay: Taraporevala, 1924)
 
''The Story of My Life'' (Bombay: Asia Publishing House, 1958)
 
'''Contributions to periodicals:'''
 
Letter to ''Times of India'', 22 May 1931, criticising India Society and promotion of Bengal school of art


He was also Chairman of the Advisory Board of Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute. 
'''Secondary works:'''


He died on 10 March 1959 at Bombay at the age of 86.<ref>{{ cite news | title=Dr M R Jayakar |url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/11/stories/2009031151120903.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107093128/http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/11/stories/2009031151120903.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 November 2012 |accessdate=8 February 2010 |location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] |date=11 March 2009}}</ref>
Bakshi, S. R. (ed.), ''M. R. Jayakar'' (New Delhi: Anmol, 1994)
 
Brown, Judith M., ''Gandhi’s Rise to Power'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972)
 
Dhanki, Joginder Singh (ed.), ''Perspectives on Indian National Movement: Selected Correspondence of Lala Lajpat Rai'' (New Delhi: National Book Organisation, 1998)
 
Israel, Milton, ''Communications and Power: Propaganda and the Press in the Indian Nationalist Struggle'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994)
 
Kulkarni, V. B., ''M. R. Jayakar'' (New Delhi: Government of India, 1970)
 
Lahiri, Shompa, ''Indians in Britain: Anglo-Indian Encounters, Race and Identity, 1880-1939'' (London: Frank Cass, 2000)
 
Mitter, Partha, ''The Triumph of Modernism'' (London: Reaktion, 2007)
 
Nehru, Jawaharlal, ''An Autobiography: With Musings on Recent Events in India'' (London: Bodley Head, 1936)


==See also==
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Mukund Ramrao Jayakar
Member of Bombay Legislative Council
In office
1952–1957
Vice Chancellor of Pune University
In office
1948 - 1956
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byR.P. Paranjpye
Personal details
BornNovember 13, 1873
DiedMarch 10, 1959(1959-03-10) (aged 85)
Bombay, India
NationalityBritish Indian (1873-1947)
Indian (1947-1959)
Political partySwaraj Party
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress
Hindu Mahasabha
National Liberal Federation
OccupationLawyer, academic, freedom fighter and politician

Mukund Ramrao Jayakar (13 November 1873 – 10 March 1959) was an Indian Lawyer, scholar and politician. He was the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Poona.[1]

Jayakar was born in a Marathi Pathare Prabhu family.[2]

Jayakar studied LL.B. in Bombay in 1902 and became a barrister in 1905 at London. In 1905 he was enrolled as advocate of the Bombay High Court. He was Director of The Bombay Chronicle along with Jinnah.

He was a member of the Bombay Legislative Council during 1923–1925, and a leader of the Swaraj Party. He also became member of Central Legislative Assembly. In 1937 he became Judge of the Federal Court of India at Delhi. In December 1946, he joined the Constituent Assembly of India. He was also the chairman of the Indian Road Development Committee, formed in 1927 to report recommendations regarding highway development. He was a member of the Hindu Mahasabha and the Indian National Liberal Federation.[3] He took part in the All Parties Conference in 1928, and was pivotal in denying demands of the Muslim League put forward by Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

M. R. Jayakar, Tej Bahadur Sapru and B. R. Ambedkar at Yerawada Central Jail, in Poona, on 24 September 1932, the day the Poona Pact was signed

He was also Chairman of the Advisory Board of Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute.

He died on 10 March 1959 at Bombay at the age of 86.[4]

Writings[edit | edit source]

Published works:

Social Reform and Social Service (Madras: Theosophical Society, 1917)

(ed.) Kirtikar, V. J., Studies in Vedanta (Bombay: Taraporevala, 1924)

The Story of My Life (Bombay: Asia Publishing House, 1958)

Contributions to periodicals:

Letter to Times of India, 22 May 1931, criticising India Society and promotion of Bengal school of art

Secondary works:

Bakshi, S. R. (ed.), M. R. Jayakar (New Delhi: Anmol, 1994)

Brown, Judith M., Gandhi’s Rise to Power (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972)

Dhanki, Joginder Singh (ed.), Perspectives on Indian National Movement: Selected Correspondence of Lala Lajpat Rai (New Delhi: National Book Organisation, 1998)

Israel, Milton, Communications and Power: Propaganda and the Press in the Indian Nationalist Struggle (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994)

Kulkarni, V. B., M. R. Jayakar (New Delhi: Government of India, 1970)

Lahiri, Shompa, Indians in Britain: Anglo-Indian Encounters, Race and Identity, 1880-1939 (London: Frank Cass, 2000)

Mitter, Partha, The Triumph of Modernism (London: Reaktion, 2007)

Nehru, Jawaharlal, An Autobiography: With Musings on Recent Events in India (London: Bodley Head, 1936)

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Hackett, P.G. (2012). Theos Bernard, the White Lama: Tibet, Yoga, and American Religious Life. Columbia University Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-231-53037-8. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  2. Richard I. Cashman (1975). The Myth of the Lokamanya: Tilak and Mass Politics in Maharashtra. University of California Press. p. 190. ISBN 9780520024076. Although more at home in the cosmopolitan center of Bombay, and a member of the Council of the Bombay Presidency Association, the Pathare Prabhu lawyer, Mukund Ramrao Jayakar (1873-1959), expressed the typical response
  3. Majeed, Javed (18 January 2007). Autobiography, Travel and Postnational Identity: Gandhi, Nehru and Iqbal. Springer. ISBN 978-0-230-28681-8.
  4. "Dr M R Jayakar". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 11 March 2009. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2010.