157th birth anniversary of great freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai

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On 28 January 2022, the 157th birth anniversary of the great freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai has been celebrated across the country.

An overview of the news

Introduction

• Lala Lajpat Rai was born on January 28, 1865 in Punjab.

• He is also known as 'Punjab Kesari' and 'Lion of Punjab'.

• Lala Lajpat Rai, along with Bal Gangadhar Tilak of Maharashtra and Bipin Chandra Pal of Bengal, was a member of the trinity called 'Lal Bal Pal'.

Political and social contribution

• Home Rule League of America (New York) founded in 1917.

• Presided over the special session of the Indian National Congress in Calcutta in 1920. In 1920 itself, the first president of the All India Trade Union Congress was also elected.

• In 1928, a resolution was introduced in the Legislature against the Simon Commission.

• Servants of Society was founded in 1921.

• Played an important role in co-founding the Punjab National Bank in 1894.

Important literary works

• England Debt to India

• Open Letter to The Right Honourable David Lloyd George: Prime Minister of Great Britain

• The Message of the Bhagavad Gita

• Unhappy india

• The Political Future of India

• Young India: The Interpretation and the History of the Nationalist Movement from within

Death

• Due to injuries sustained in the lathicharge by James Scott during a protest against the Simon Commission in Lahore on 17 November 1928.