1909, Malaviya, who was a lawyer, became the of the Congress party. In 1918, he was elected the Municipal Corporation of Allahabad, followed by election to the Provincial Legislative Council, where served for nearly three decades. was a champion of education for women and against the practice of dowry. When he founded BHU in 1916, Malaviya managed a difficult feat — a from the tight-fisted Nizam of Hyderabad. though he quit law practice when he joined he returned to it in 1922 to defend those accused in the Chauri Chaura incident of 1919. total of 225 people were brought to trial at Gorakhpur Court of Judge H. E. Holmes, on charges of and arson” in conjunction with the Chauri affair. Of these, six died while in police custody, were sentenced to 2 years’ imprisonment, while were sentenced to death by hanging and 47 were on 9 January 1923, following conviction in a which lasted eight months. After the 8 month-long 172 people were sentenced to death, he managed get 153 acquitted.