Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshis versatility and achievements were in a way unique He was an eminent lawyer one of the framers of Indias Constitution and a seasoned statesman Coming under the inspiring influence of Sri Aurobindo during his student days Munshi had been an ardent fighter for Indias freedom working at different stages in close association with Jinnah Tilak Besant Mahatma Gandhi Sardar Patel Rajagopalachari and Pandit Nehru His achievements as Home Minister of Bombay in 1937 as Indias Agent-General in Hyderabad before the Police action as Indias Food Minister and as Governor of Uttar Pradesh had been characterised by rare courage and decisive energy Acknowledged as the foremost writer in modern Gujarati literature he has to his credit a vast and varied literature including novels dramas memoirs and history in Gujarati as also several historical and other works in English notably Gujarat and Its Literature Imperial Gurjaras Creative Art of Life To Badrinath The End of an Era Krishnavatara Bhagavad Gita and Modern Life Saga of Indian Sculpture Bhagawan Parashurama Tapasvini Prithvi Vallabh The Master of Gujarat and Lomaharshini.