Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith (MGKVP) is a public state university located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Established on 10 February 1921 as Kashi Vidyapith during the Non-cooperation movement, it was founded by nationalist leaders Shiv Prasad Gupta and Bhagwan Das and inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi. The institution was established as part of the nationalist movement to promote education independent of British colonial administration. It became a statutory university under Uttar Pradesh legislation in 1974 and was subsequently brought under the state's university framework through legislation enacted in 2009.
- Country
- India
- Inception
- 1921
- Website
- http://www.mgkvp.ac.in
