{"id":84914,"date":"2020-01-28T16:32:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T11:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=13276"},"modified":"2020-01-28T16:32:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T11:02:09","slug":"prime-minister-pays-tributes-to-lala-lajpat-rai-on-his-birth-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/prime-minister-pays-tributes-to-lala-lajpat-rai-on-his-birth-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime minister pays tributes to Lala Lajpat Rai on his birth anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Prime Minister has paid tributes to freedom struggle Lala Lajpat Rai on his birth anniversary.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Lala Lajpat Rai:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Lala Lajpat Rai was born at Dhudike near Ludhiana in Punjab in 1865.He studied law at the Government College,Lahore.<\/li><li>He was a follower of Dayanand Saraswati, the founder of the Arya Samaj.<\/li><li>In 1881,he joined the Indian National Congress at the age of 16.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contribution of Lala Lajpat Rai:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Dayanand Anglo-Vedic School:<\/strong>He founded the school in 1885 in Lahore and remained a committed educationist throughout his life.<\/li><li><strong>Hindu Relief Movement<\/strong>:He founded Hindu Relief movement in 1897 to provide help to the famine -stricken people and thus preventing them falling into the clutches of the missionaries.<\/li><li><strong>Swadeshi movement:<\/strong>Lala Lajpat Rai, Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal (called Lal-Bal-Pal) advocated the use of Swadeshi goods and mass agitation in the aftermath of the controversial Partition of Bengal in 1905 by Lord Curzon.<\/li><li><strong>Indian Home Rule League of America<\/strong>:He founded Indian Home Rule League of America in New York City in 1917.<\/li><li><strong>Indian National Congress:<\/strong>In 1920,he was elected President of the Indian National Congress during its Special Session in Kolkata which saw the launch of Mahatma Gandhi\u2019s Non-cooperation Movement.<\/li><li><strong>Simon Commission:<\/strong>In 1928,he opposed the Simon Commission,a British-appointed group of lawmakers arrived in India to study the implementation of the Government of India Act, 1919 (the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important works of Lala Lajpat Rai:<\/strong>He wrote extensively in English and Urdu.His important works include<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2018The Arya Samaj\u2019&nbsp;<\/li><li>\u2018Young India\u2019&nbsp;<\/li><li>\u2018England\u2019s Debt to India\u2019<\/li><li>\u2018Evolution of Japan\u2019<\/li><li>\u2018India\u2019s Will to Freedom\u2019&nbsp;<\/li><li>\u2018Message of the Bhagavad Gita\u2019&nbsp;<\/li><li>\u2018Political Future of India\u2019&nbsp;<\/li><li>\u2018Problem of National Education in India\u2019&nbsp;<\/li><li>\u2018The Depressed Glasses\u2019 and&nbsp;<\/li><li>The travelogue \u2018United States of America\u2019.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:Prime Minister has paid tributes to freedom struggle Lala Lajpat Rai on his birth anniversary. Facts: About Lala Lajpat Rai: Lala Lajpat Rai was born at Dhudike near Ludhiana in Punjab in 1865.He studied law at the Government College,Lahore. He was a follower of Dayanand Saraswati, the founder of the Arya Samaj. 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