Lala Lajpat Rai was the eldest son in the family. He was born on January 28th, 1865 at Dhudike Village which is in Ferozpur District. His father was a scholar of mainly two languages i.e. Persian and Urdu and his mother was a religious lady and taught moral values to the children. The name of his father was munshi Radha Krishna Azad and his mother’s name was Gulab Devi. He did his initial education from Rewari and after that, he joined Government College in Lahore to pursue Law. He started his legal practice in Hissar, Haryana, and he met with other freedom fighters like Pandit guru Datt, Lala Hansraj, and many more during his college days.
He got married to Radha Devi in 1877 and in 1889, he participated in the annual sessions of the national congress. He practised his first high court session in 1892 at Lahore. After shifting to Hissar, Lala Lajpat Rai established a school regarding the Dayanand Anglo Vedic School and he also became a follower of Dayanand Saraswati. Getting inspired by his parents’ contribution towards freedom, he became dedicated and took a pledge to serve his country and had a desire to free it from British rule. In the year 1895, Lala Lajpat Rai helped in establishing the Punjab National Bank, and in 1897; he opened the Hindu Orphan Relief Movement for securing the custody of the children from Christians. In 1917, he found the Indian Home Rule League of America in New York and stayed there for three years. After returning from the USA, he was invited to the special session of the congress in Calcutta. Then, he launched a non-cooperation act which was launched in response to the Rowlatt Act which was launched by the British government. Gandhi Ji launched this movement all over the world and Lala Lajpat Lai supported this movement in Punjab and then people gave them the title of ‘Punjab Kesari’ or ‘The Lion of Punjab’. Apart from being a lawyer, he was a great writer. Some of the books written are the history of Arya Samaj, Swaraj and Social Change, England’s Debt to India, the Problem of National Education in India, and many more.
He was then imprisoned from 1921 to 1923 but due to lack of evidence, he was released and then elected to the legislative assembly. However, the Chauri-Chauri incident took place and Gandhi Ji took a step back from the Non-Cooperation Movement. This decision was criticized by Lala Ji and then he wanted to form an independent party. During a demonstration to boycott the Simon Commission, he died after a lathi charge. His contribution towards the independence of the country remains priceless and because of his contribution, the movement for independence paced up. His sacrifice inspired many youngsters and they started praising him and joined the independence movement. After a few years, India got its independence because of freedom fighters like him.