One of the greatest freedom fighter and Nationalist of India, Lala Lajpat Rai was born on 28th January 1865 in the village of Dhudike, today’s Moga district of Punjab. He was the eldest son of Munshi Radha Kishan Azad and Gulab Devi. In the year 1880, he joined the Government College at Lahore to study Law. During his days in college he met patriots and freedom fighters such as Pandit Guru Dutt and Lala Hans Raj. They very soon became friends and together joined the Arya Samaj, which was founded by Swami Daya Nand Saraswati. In the year 1985, he completed his Law and began to practice Law in Hissar. Apart During this time, apart from practicing law, he also gathered money for the Daya Nand College, he was present at every functions of Arya Samaj and also took part in the activities of Congress. He was elected as a member of the Hissar municipality and in a while became the secretary. In the year 1892, he shifted to Lahore.
Commonly known by the name of Punjab Kesari (The Lion of Punjab), Lala Lajpat Rai was among the three great Hindu Nationalist of the Congress, namely, Bipin Chandra Pal and Bal Gangadhar Tilak. The trio was known as Lal-Bal-Pal. He was one of the prominent leaders of India, who contributed remarkably towards the freedom struggle of India. The trio together created the revolutionary group of the Indian National Congress, as they disparate to the judicious ideologies led by Gopal Krishna Gokhale. He also enthusiastically participated in the fight against partition of Bengal. Together with Surendra Bipin Chandra Pal, Nath Banerjee, and Aurorbindo Ghosh, he stired up Bengal and the nation in a strong campaign of Swadeshi. Owing to the turmoil he produced in Rawalpind, Lala was arrested on May 3, 1907 and was put in Mandalay jail for six months. He was finally released on November 11, 1907.
Lala believed that it was essential for the national cause to arrange propaganda in other nations of the World to elucidate the position of India as the freedom struggle had taken an aggressive form. On April 1914, to give result to it he left for Britain. As during this time the First World War broke out and he was not able to come back to India. He then went to USA to incite support for India and there, he founded the Indian Home League Society of America and wrote a book called "Young India". The book sternly impeached British rule in India and was proscribed in Britain and India even before it was published. He returned to India in 1920 after the end of the 1st World War.
Lala Lajpat Rai was one of the prime leaders who fought against British rule in India and one of the significant members of the Hindu Maha Sabha, Lala Lajpat Rai was the president of the All India trade Union Congress in 1920. He was the led the protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Punjab and also led the non-cooperation movement in Punjab. He was greatly influenced by Swami Dayananda Saraswati , a social reformer and was a strapping supporter of the Arya Samaj movement in Punjab. After his return, Lala Lajpat Rai led the Punjab protests against the Jalianwala Bagh Massacre and the Non-Cooperation Movement. He was arrested numerous times but his fight against the colonial rule did not stop. He along with this two other friends, carried out the freedom movement as revolutionaries. Sukhdev, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, etc were some of his followers and supported the Nationalist ideology. He opposed to Gandhiji's deferment of Non-Cooperation movement, due to the Chauri-Chaura incident, and formed the Congress Independence Party.
In the year 1928, when the British Government decided to set up the Simon Commission, which was headed by Lord Simon in order to discuss the Constitutional reform. As the commission did not have any Indian member, it greatly infuriated Indians and finally when the Commission came to India there were protests all over India. Lala Lajpat Rai himself led one such procession against Simon Commission, supported by Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and many more along. In order to stop the procession, the British Government harshl17y lathicharged the people in the procession and in this lathicharge, Lala Lajpat Rai was as well beaten up and got severe head injuries. These injuries became fatal and he finally succumbed to death on November17, 1928 and India lost a great freedom fighter and a Nationalist. However, his contribution towards the freedom struggle of India is remarkable.
BIRTH: 28[SUP]th[/SUP] January 1865
DEATH: 17th November 1928
ACHIEVEMENT: Founded the Indian Home League Society of America, formed the revolutionary group of the Indian National Congress with Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
Commonly known by the name of Punjab Kesari (The Lion of Punjab), Lala Lajpat Rai was among the three great Hindu Nationalist of the Congress, namely, Bipin Chandra Pal and Bal Gangadhar Tilak. The trio was known as Lal-Bal-Pal. He was one of the prominent leaders of India, who contributed remarkably towards the freedom struggle of India. The trio together created the revolutionary group of the Indian National Congress, as they disparate to the judicious ideologies led by Gopal Krishna Gokhale. He also enthusiastically participated in the fight against partition of Bengal. Together with Surendra Bipin Chandra Pal, Nath Banerjee, and Aurorbindo Ghosh, he stired up Bengal and the nation in a strong campaign of Swadeshi. Owing to the turmoil he produced in Rawalpind, Lala was arrested on May 3, 1907 and was put in Mandalay jail for six months. He was finally released on November 11, 1907.
Lala believed that it was essential for the national cause to arrange propaganda in other nations of the World to elucidate the position of India as the freedom struggle had taken an aggressive form. On April 1914, to give result to it he left for Britain. As during this time the First World War broke out and he was not able to come back to India. He then went to USA to incite support for India and there, he founded the Indian Home League Society of America and wrote a book called "Young India". The book sternly impeached British rule in India and was proscribed in Britain and India even before it was published. He returned to India in 1920 after the end of the 1st World War.
Lala Lajpat Rai was one of the prime leaders who fought against British rule in India and one of the significant members of the Hindu Maha Sabha, Lala Lajpat Rai was the president of the All India trade Union Congress in 1920. He was the led the protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Punjab and also led the non-cooperation movement in Punjab. He was greatly influenced by Swami Dayananda Saraswati , a social reformer and was a strapping supporter of the Arya Samaj movement in Punjab. After his return, Lala Lajpat Rai led the Punjab protests against the Jalianwala Bagh Massacre and the Non-Cooperation Movement. He was arrested numerous times but his fight against the colonial rule did not stop. He along with this two other friends, carried out the freedom movement as revolutionaries. Sukhdev, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, etc were some of his followers and supported the Nationalist ideology. He opposed to Gandhiji's deferment of Non-Cooperation movement, due to the Chauri-Chaura incident, and formed the Congress Independence Party.
In the year 1928, when the British Government decided to set up the Simon Commission, which was headed by Lord Simon in order to discuss the Constitutional reform. As the commission did not have any Indian member, it greatly infuriated Indians and finally when the Commission came to India there were protests all over India. Lala Lajpat Rai himself led one such procession against Simon Commission, supported by Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and many more along. In order to stop the procession, the British Government harshl17y lathicharged the people in the procession and in this lathicharge, Lala Lajpat Rai was as well beaten up and got severe head injuries. These injuries became fatal and he finally succumbed to death on November17, 1928 and India lost a great freedom fighter and a Nationalist. However, his contribution towards the freedom struggle of India is remarkable.
BIRTH: 28[SUP]th[/SUP] January 1865
DEATH: 17th November 1928
ACHIEVEMENT: Founded the Indian Home League Society of America, formed the revolutionary group of the Indian National Congress with Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal