Lala Lajpat Rai 157th Birth Anniversary
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31st Jan, 2022
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Context
Every year 28th January is observed as the birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai remembering his struggle for the freedom of the nation.
About Lala Lajpat Rai
- Lala Lajpat Rai was one of those renowned freedom fighters whose contribution is immense as far as the independence of the nation is concerned.
- He is fondly known for its triumvirate ‘Lal-Bal-Pal’. The other two being Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal.
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Early Life
- He belonged to a small village named Dhudike in Ferozepur district of Punjab and was born on 28th January 1865.
- The name of his father was Munshi Radha Krishna Aggarwal who was a Persian government teacher and the name of his mother was Gulab Devi.
- He studied law at Government College, Lahore and practiced it at Lahore and Hisar.
- Because of his birth in Punjab and his great struggle for the freedom of the nation, he was known as Punjab Kesari or ‘Lion of Punjab’.
Contribution in India’s independence
- At the age of 16, he joined the Indian National Congress (INC) and participated in various political agitations.
- In 1907, as a result of his agitations, he was deported to Burma without trial. But he was sent back within months because of the lack of evidence.
- In 1917, he founded the Home Rule League of America in New York. Through these international movements he tried to generate international support for the independence of the nation.
- He believed in Purna Swaraj, which is the complete independence of the nation.
- He was a member of Hindu Mahasabha as well. He also opposed the partition of Bengal.
- In 1920, he chaired a National Conference of the All India Trade Union Congress as its President.
- In 1920, he was elected as the President of the Indian National Congress.
- In 1920, at the Nagpur session of Congress, he was in support of the Non Cooperation Movement led by Gandhiji.
- He stood against the Rowlatt Act and Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
- In 1926, he was elected as the Deputy Leader of the Central Legislative Assembly. Before this he was in prison from 1921-1923.
- In 1928, a resolution was released by him in the assembly regarding no cooperation with the members of the Simon Commission because there were no Indian members in it.
- In 1928, Lala Lajpat Rai was brutally Lathi charged by Superintendent of Police James Scott while protesting against the Simon Commission in Lahore. Then, after sustaining it for a few weeks he died because of injuries on 17th November 1928.