

In 1952 he was appointed as the Minister for Food & Agriculture in Nehru's cabinet.

Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi served as the Agent-General to the Government of India in princely state Hyderabad. He was also the member of Flag Committee, which selected the Flag of India, 1947. In 1946 Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi was selected as the member of the Experts' Committee of the constituent assembly of India and played a major role in drafting the constitution of India. In 1938, Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, the great Indian freedom fighter set up the prestigious Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan institution at Bombay, and served as the President of this institution till his death.
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Maharaja Kanhaiyalal Maneklal MunshiGaekwad of Baroda appointed him as a Member of the Baroda University Commission. He held different posts in the Bombay University. Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi established the Gujarati Sahitya Sansad. He was the President of the Panchgani Education Society. Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi was again arrested for his active participation in the Quit India Movement of 1942.He was a great educationalist and contributed a lot to disseminate the education. On his release he again became the member of Bombay Legislative Assembly and served as the Home Minister in the first Congress Government in 1934. In 1932, he was again imprisoned in Bijapur for two years. For his involvement on this Satyagraha, the British rulers imprisoned Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi. At that time Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi was the member of Bombay Legislative Council.ĭuring the Salt Satyagraha in 1930, this well-known Indian freedom fighter, Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi rejoined Indian National Congress. Later he became the member of Swaraj Party.He also joined the Home Rule League. Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, the Indian freedom fighter entered into politics as the member of the Subjects Committee of the Indian National Congress. When he was a student his teacher Sri Aurobindo Ghosh immensely inspired him. Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi obtained a degree in law and started practising in Bombay High Court. Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi was born on Decemat Bharuch in Gujarat.He received his education from Baroda college.
