Remembering India's freedom fighters: Lala Lajpat Rai
New Delhi: If there was anyone known as the Lion of Punjab during British rule, it was Lala Lajpat Rai, also called Punjab Kesari. Born on January 28, 1865 in village Dhudike, in present day
It was the evening of October 30, 1928. Standing on the platform at a crowded public meeting in Lahore City, Lala Lajpat Rai said in an inspiring voice:
“Every blow on our bodies this afternoon will prove to be a nail driven into the coffin of British imperialism.”
Terrible blows battered the chest and the body of the great man who made that stirring speech. The humiliation inflicted by the high-handedness of the British was more painful than the wounds.