Biography of Govind Ballabh Pant complete biography for Class 10, Class 12, and Graduation and other classes.
| Full Name | Govind Ballabh Pant |
| Born | 10 September 1887, Almora |
| Died On | 7 March 1961, New Delhi |
| Known for | An Able Administrator |
| Children | Krishna Chandra Pant |
| Spouse | N/A |
Govind Ballabh Pant was born on 10 December 1887 at Almora in “Uttarakhand” (at that time Uttar Pradesh). He was born into a rich family. He was educated mostly in Allahabad. He passed his B .A. in 1907 and law in 1909. He then started practice and earned a name, fame, and money. He jumped into the freedom struggle having been impressed and inspired by the ‘non-violent’ philosophy of Gokhale, Ranade, Dadabhai Naoroji, and Madan Mohan Malviya. He worked mainly in Uttar Pradesh and came into contact with the Nehru family.
Allahabad was the center of non-violent agitations. In those days burning foreign clothes, staging sit-in strikes in front of liquor shops beating him with his baton, Pant throwing himself on Jawahar, and receiving all and taking out processions in the town were daily occurrences. In one such procession, the Nehru family was also present including Jawahar Lal and Vijaya Laxmi Pandit. Police used horses to trample the processionist and used sticks to beat them. The crowd dispersed. Many fell on the ground. Jawaharlal was also one of them. As a policeman was about to the blows. As a result of this, he suffered from ailments for the rest of his life.
Pandit Pant is known as an able administrator. When Congress formed governments in some states before independence, Pant’s abilities came to the forefront. After independence, he was made Chief Minister of UP and later for many years was Union Home Minister. He had command over governmental matters. He was a great patriot and was decorated with “Bharat Ratna” in 1957.
