​Prominent Extremist Leaders (Lal-Bal-Pal Trio)

Lala Lajpat Rai (1865-1928)

  • Lala Lajpat Rai popularly known as 'Punjab Kesari', was born on 28th January 1865 in the Ludhiana District of Punjab.
  • In 1886, he helped Mahatma Hansraj to establish the nationalistic Dayananda Anglo-Vedic (DAV) School in Lahore. He was also an active member of Arya Samaj.
  • Lala Lajpat Rai was President of the Indian National Congress of Calcutta Special Session of 1920. Under his leadership, Congress supported Gandhi‘s plan for non-cooperation with the Government.
  • In 1917, he started the "Indian Home Rule League of America" with its headquarters at Broadway, New York.
  • He also founded Servants of the People ....
Do You Want to Read More?
Subscribe Now

To get access to detailed content

Already a Member? Login here


Take Annual Subscription and get the following Advantage
The annual members of the Civil Services Chronicle can read the monthly content of the magazine as well as the Chronicle magazine archives.
Readers can study all the material before the last six months of the Civil Services Chronicle monthly issue in the form of Chronicle magazine archives.