Lala Lajpat Rai's 157th birth anniversary

Lala Lajpat Rai's 157th birth anniversary | 28 January
लाला लाजपत राय की 157वीं जयंती

Lala Lajpat Rai, one of the chief leaders of the Indian Independence Movement, was born on January 28, in the year 1865, in Punjab.

• Lala Lajpat Rai helped found the Punjab National Bank.
• He was popularly known as Punjab Kesari (Sher-e-Punjab).
• He was a part of the Lal-Bal-Pal triangle. Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, and Bipin Chandra Pal formed a triumvirate fought for the independence of India and promoted the Swadeshi movement.
• In 1928, the British government set up a commission and no Indian was named in the list.
• He led the silent march in protests and in return, British police declared a lathi charge, where Rai was assaulted and injured.
• He passed away on November 17, 1928.

LL Rai's writings include:
1. The Story of My Deportation (1908)
2. Arya Samaj (1915)
3. Young India (1916)
4. Unhappy India (1928).