Linguist; knew seven languages; founder and editor of the weekly Al-Hilal ; Congress President in 1923, 1942, 1946; was placed in Ahmednagar Jail after the historic meeting of the AICC on August 8, 1942 which gave the ΓÇÿQuit IndiaΓÇÖ call to the British; free IndiaΓÇÖs first Minister for Education; author of India Wins Freedom