August 2022

Lalaji’s death was not reconcilable for the hot minded young revolutionaries of Hindustan Socialist Republican Army. Bhagat Singh in particular was incensed. It was a great humiliation meted out to the people of India by aliens, he said. The young people could not take it lying down. They wanted to take revenge to prove to […]

1924 was worst communal blood shed year. It was sad for the countrymen but good for the British colonial rulers. They were telling the world that staying of the British in India was a necessity otherwise the country would destroy itself in bloodshed in the absence of British. To drive the advantage home British government

The missions Lala Lajpat Rai was involved in entailed heavy funding and spending. As Lalaji was dead serious in his missions he had to create financial resources to push reforms, build up schools and colleges. Much of his earnings from legal practice also went into his social endeavours. He also had founded Punjab National Bank.

Lalaji was great advocate of education in India. He wrote a book on the subject. ‘The Problems of Education in India.’ He listed following institutions as the good efforts in the field of education in India—1. Mohammedan-Anglo Oriental College, Aligarh2. D.A.V. College, Lahore3. Central Hindu College, Benaras4. Ferguson College, Poona5. Gurukul Kangri, Haridwar6. Tagore School,

Widows in Hindu society were in a pitiable state. It was like a black mark against the entire society. The life of a widow was hell in the society controlled by orthodoxy and blindfaiths. A helpless widow was the embodiment of all the evils conceivable. They were treated like lepers and singled out for physical

Lala Lajpat Rai returned to Lahore after the Calcutta Congress session. The Non-Cooperation Movement had begun. But Lalaji took no part in it. He was doubtful about its effectiveness although he found that students were greatly enthused by it and were taking part in it in large numbers. The students were boycotting the classes to

It was in such, political background that Lalaji returned to India.In May, 1920 a Congress meeting was held in Benaras in which Mahatma Gandhi presented his ‘Non-cooperation Movement’ idea. He promised to present the details of the movement in Calcutta session scheduled to be held in September, 1920. Lala Lajpat Rai was elected as the

In the month of July, 1915 Lalaji went to Japan. He always wished to see Japan, the most developed country among Asian nations, the envy of white men even. Japan could be an inspiration for other Asian countries. And Lalaji wanted to know the secret of its success. He was dazzled at the scientific progress

Lalaji wanted to tour other countries of Europe as well but he had to give up the idea because the clouds of war were gathering in the European skies.He came back to India.The annual Congress session of 1914 was to be held at Madras. Several leaders had proposed Lalaji’s name for the party presidentship. But

British Empire then was what proverbially is known as where the sun never set. It was practically spread all over the globe. The British claimed that it ruled its colonies with uniform policy and subjects of one colony could migrate to any other colony without any discrimination. But the practical facts were not so. The

The police had indeed made elaborate arrangements for the safety of the procession of the Lord and the Lady Harding through the Chandni Chowk bazaar of Delhi. The procession entered bazaar with great pomp and show at regal scale.The police and the army personnel were lined up on both sides of the road. The women

In the year 1911, capital of India shifted from Calcutta to New Delhi after the famous Delhi Darbar of the King of England where all the Kings, Rajas, Ranas, Queens and Nawabs of India paid obeisance to the white Emperor George V. Then Delhi was a part of Punjab.The people were angry at the way

Utterly frustrated with the faction squabbling of Congress, Lala Lajpat Rai decided to go abroad to get away from it all. He could espouse the cause of India in foreign lands to bring pressure on the British government.On 23rd August, 1908 he sailed for London from Bombay accompanied by a young worker. He stayed in

The crack that had appeared in the Congress in 1905 had widened during the period Lalaji languished in Mandlay jail. The hardliners and the softliners in the party had hardened their stands. The hardline group was led by Tilak, Vipin Chandra Pal, Lalaji and Arvind Ghosh. It stood for throwing a direct challenge to the

Amid the state of unrest, the Punjab administration introduced Punjab Canal Settlement Bill and Land Transfer Bylaw in the year 1907 which greatly harmed the interests of the farmers. It was totally unjustified. The farmers were already in very bad economic state and sad. The farmers of Rawalpindi and Layalpur were agitated. In the wheat