Nation Pays Tribute To Immortal Martyr Freedom Fighter Punjab Kesari Lala Lajpat Rai on his Birth Anniversary
The Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information & Broadcasting, Shri Arun Jaitley+ the Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu+the Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (I/C), Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh + other dignitaries paid tributes to Lala Lajpat Rai on his birth anniversary, at Parliament House, in New Delhi on January 28, 2015 Prime Minister Narendra Modi And CM Of Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar Tweeted Tribute To Immortal Soul Of Lala Ji
Lala Lajpat Rai,Popularly Known As Punjab Kesari was an Indian Punjabi author and politician who is chiefly remembered as a leader in the Indian fight for independence from the British Raj.He was also associated with activities of Punjab National Bank and Lakshmi Insurance Company in early stages. He sustained serious injuries by the police when leading a non-violent protest against the Simon Commission and died less than three weeks later.
Lala Lajpat Rai was born on 28 January 1865 in Dhudike (now in Moga district, Punjab) & had his initial education in Government Higher Secondary School, Rewari (now in Haryana, previously in Punjab) He was a devotee of Arya Samaj and was editor of Arya Gazette, which he set up during his student time He Became Member of Indian National Congress, and started taking part in political agitation in the Punjab,
Lajpat Rai lived in the United States, but he returned to India in 1919 and in the following year led the special session of the Congress Party that launched the nonco-operation movement. Imprisoned from 1921 to 1923, he was elected to the legislative assembly on his release
In 1928, the British government set up the Commission, headed by Sir John Simon, to report on the political situation in India. The Indian political parties boycotted the Commission, because it did not include a single Indian in its membership, and it met with country-wide protests. Lajpat Rai led silent march in protest against it. The superintendent of police, James A. Scott, ordered the police to lathi charge the protesters and personally assaulted Rai Despite being injured, Rai subsequently addressed the crowd and said that “I declare that the blows struck at me today will be the last nails in the coffin of British rule in India He did not fully recover from his injuries and died on 17 November 1928 Bhagat Singh vowed to take revenge and joined other revolutionaries,
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The Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information & Broadcasting, Shri Arun Jaitley, the Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, the Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (I/C), Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh and other dignitaries paid tributes to Lala Lajpat Rai on his birth anniversary, at Parliament House, in New Delhi on January 28, 2015.