{"id":354861,"date":"2026-01-28T18:04:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T12:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=354861"},"modified":"2026-01-28T18:04:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T12:34:59","slug":"punjab-kesari-lala-lajpat-rai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/punjab-kesari-lala-lajpat-rai\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab Kesari Lala Lajpat Rai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi paid tributes to Lala Lajpat Rai on his birth anniversary and remembered his life of sacrifice.<\/p>\n<h2>About Lala Lajpat Rai<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_354862\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-354862\" style=\"width: 394px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-354862\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Source-Indian-Express-300x166.jpg?resize=394%2C218&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Lala Lajpat Rai\" width=\"394\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Source-Indian-Express.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Source-Indian-Express.jpg?resize=1024%2C567&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Source-Indian-Express.jpg?resize=768%2C425&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Source-Indian-Express.jpg?w=1112&amp;ssl=1 1112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-354862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Indian Express<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Lala Lajpat Rai was an Indian revolutionary, politician, and author, <strong>popularly known as Punjab Kesari<\/strong> and a <strong>member of the Lal\u2013Bal\u2013<\/strong><strong>Pal trio.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Birth: <\/strong>He was born on <strong>28 January 1865<\/strong> in <strong>Dhudike<\/strong>, Faridkot district of the Punjab Province.\n<ul>\n<li>He belonged to an <strong>Agrawal Jain family<\/strong> and was the eldest son of <strong>Munshi Radha Krishna<\/strong> and <strong>Gulab Devi Aggarwal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Education<\/strong>: He received his early education in <strong>Rewari<\/strong> and later studied law at <strong>Government College, Lahore.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Influence by<\/strong>: He was deeply influenced by <strong>Swami Dayanand Saraswati<\/strong> and the <strong>Arya Samaj movement<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Contributions<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Freedom Struggle<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>He joined the <strong>Indian National Congress<\/strong> and was deported to <strong>Mandalay in 1907<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>He founded the <strong>Indian Home Rule League of America<\/strong> in 1917.<\/li>\n<li>He was elected <strong>President of the Indian National Congress in 1920<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>He led the protest against the <strong>Simon Commission in 1928<\/strong> with the slogan \u201cSimon Go Back.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Social &amp; Institutional Reforms<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>He helped establish the <strong>Dayanand Anglo-Vedic School, Lahore<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>He founded the <strong>National College at Lahore<\/strong>, where Bhagat Singh studied.<\/li>\n<li>He established the <strong>Servants of the People Society<\/strong> in 1921.<\/li>\n<li>He supported reforms related to caste system, women\u2019s position, and untouchability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Banking and Economy:<\/strong> In 1894, he helped found the <strong>Punjab National Bank (PNB)<\/strong> and the <strong>Lakshmi Insurance Company<\/strong> to promote Indian-owned financial institutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Literary Works: <\/strong>Important works included <strong><em>Unhappy India<\/em>, <em>Young India<\/em>, <em>England<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u2019<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>s Debt to India<\/em><\/strong><strong>, and <em>The Story of My Deportation<\/em>.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>He also wrote biographies of <strong>Mazzini, Garibaldi, Shivaji, and Shri Krishna<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Death<\/strong>: He died on <strong>17 November 1928<\/strong> due to injuries from a <strong>police baton charge during the Lahore protest against the Simon Commission<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi paid tributes to Lala Lajpat Rai on his birth anniversary and remembered his life of sacrifice. About Lala Lajpat Rai Lala Lajpat Rai was an Indian revolutionary, politician, and author, popularly known as Punjab Kesari and a member of the Lal\u2013Bal\u2013Pal trio. 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