Lala Lajpat Rai – 150th birth anniversary
Lala Lajpat Rai-150th Birth Anniversary completed in 2015 (he was born on 28/01/1865).
Birth and death
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Birth: 28th January 1865 at a small village of Dhudike in district Ferozepur, Punjab.
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Death: Simon Commission protest in Lahore on 30th October 1928, he was injured in Lathi charge and succumbed to severe injuries on 17th November 1928.
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Thoughts
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“There is no life without freedom and there is no Freedom without ‘Swarajya’ or self –government”
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Influenced By
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Influenced by the Arya Samaj founder Swami Dayanand Saraswati, and Associated with Hindu Mahasabha
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Apart from Freedom
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Fought against Untouchability and other social evils.
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Opposed
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Opposed the Partition of Bengal and led the extremist wing of the Congress along with Bipin Chandra Pal and Bal Gangadhar Tilak (trio known as Lal-Bal –Pal.)
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Opposed Punjab Colonization Bill along with Ajit Singh (uncle of Shaheed Bhagat Singh). For this he was deported without trial to Mandalay, Burma
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1928: he moved the resolution in the Central Legislative Assembly refusing co-operation with the Simon Commission as the latter had no Indian member
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Other
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Supported Gandhi’s Non-cooperation with the British. At Nagpur congress session (1920)
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Elected
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1920: Calcutta Congress (Special) Session President
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1926: Member of Swaraj Party (but resigned in same year)
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1926: Deputy Leader of Central Legislative Assembly.
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Countries visited
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USA, Japan, England
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Founded
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DAV School at Lahore with Mahatma Hans Raj (1886)
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Punjab National Bank along with Lala Harkishan Lal at Lahore (1894)
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Lakshmi Insurance Company
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Punjab Shiksha Sangh(1911)
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Radha Kishan High School at Jagraon (1913)
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Tilak School of Politics (1920), Lahore
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Quami Vidyapeeth (1921), Lahore
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Servants of People Society (1921)
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Author & Editor
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Biography of Swami Dayanand Saraswati (1899)
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Book on the history of Arya Samaj (1915)
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England’s Debt to India: India, The Problems Of National Education In India
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Swaraj and Social Change
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The United States of America: A Hindu’s impressions and a study
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three English weeklies,
The Regenerator of Aryavarta (1883);
The Panjabee (1904) and
The people (1925)
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An Urdu weekly Deshopkarak(1883)
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An Urdu daily Bande Mataram(1920)
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MoS
for Culture and Tourism, Dr Mahesh Sharma released a Commemorative Coin of Rs
150 and a Circulation Coin of Rs 10 on Late Lala Lajpat Rai (on Jan 28, 2016).
The Commemorative Coin of Rs 150 is made of Quaternary alloy with diameter of
44 mm and weight of 35 grams and the Circulation coin of Rs 10 is made of
bi-metallic material with diameter of 27 mm and weight of 7.71 grams. Ministry
of Culture has been celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
from 28th January 2015 to 28th January 2016.
The
Ministry of Culture organized a function and an exhibition in Lala Lajpat Rai’s
memory in Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), New Delhi on 13th
January, 2016. State Government of Punjab has been sanctioned an amount of Rs
5.00 crore for construction of an Auditorium and Rs 3 cr for installation of
Astroturf Flooring in Hockey Stadium at Lalaji’s Birth Place.
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