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LALA LAJPAT RAI

LALA LAJPAT RAI Date of Birth- 28 January 1865 Birth Place- Dudhike,Mogga District,Punjab,India Father- Munshi Radha Krishnan Aggarwal Mother- Gulab Devi Date of Death- 17 November 1928 (Aged 63) Place of Death- Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan

CONTRIBUTIONS Lala Lajpat Rai played a pivotal role in the Indian Independence Movement. He was popularly known as Punjab Kesari. He was one of the three members of the Lal-Bal-Pal triumvirate. He was also associated with activities of Punjab National Bank and Lakshmi Insurance Company in their early stages in 1894. He died a few weeks after sustaining severe injuries during a Baton Charge by police when he led a peaceful protest march against the Simon Commission in Indian constitutional reform.

SARDAR UDHAM SINGH

SARDAR UDHAM SINGH Date of Birth- 26 December 1899 Birth Place- Sunam,Punjab,India Father- Srdar Tehal Singh Jammu Mother- Narian Kaur Date of Death- 31 July 1940 (Aged 40) Place of Death- HMP Pentoville,London,UK

CONTRIBUTIONS Sardar Udham Singh was an Indian revolutionary belonging to Ghadar Party and HSRA, best known for assassinating Michael O'Dwyer, the former lieutenant governor of the Punjab in India, on 13 March 1940. The assassination was done in revenge for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar in 1919, for which O'Dwyer was responsible. Singh was subsequently tried and convicted of murder and hanged in July 1940. While in custody, he used the name Ram Mohammad Singh Azad, which represents the three major religions in India and his anticolonial sentiment.

MADAN LAL DHINGRA

MADAN LAL DHINGRA Date of Birth- 18 February 1883 Birth Place- Amritsar,Punjab,India Father- Dr. Ditta Lal Dhingra Mother- Ishwar Devi Date of Death- 17 August 1909 (Aged-26) Place of Death- HMP Prison,London,UK

CONTRIBUTIONS Madan Lal Dhingra was an Indian revolutionary, pro-independence activist. While studying in England, he assassinated William Hutt Curzon Wyllie, a British official.

CHANDRA SHEKHAR AZAD

CHANDRA SHEKHAR AZAD Date of Birth- 23 July 1907 Birth Place- Bhavra,Madhya Pradesh,India Father- Sitaram Tiwari Mother- Jagrini Devi Date of Death- 27 February 1931 (Aged-24) Place of Death- Alfred Park,Pryagraj,UP

CONTRIBUTIONS Chandrashekhar Sitaram Tiwari popularly known as Chandra Shekhar Azad, was an Indian revolutionary who reorganised the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) under its new name of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) after the death of its founder, Ram Prasad Bismil, and three other prominent party leaders, Roshan Singh, Rajendra Nath Lahiri and Ashfaqulla Khan. He hailed from Badarka, Unnao in Uttar Pradesh and his parents were Sitaram Tiwari and Jagrani Devi. He often used the pseudonym "Balraj" when signing pamphlets issued as the commander in chief of the HSRA.

RAM PRASAD BISMIL

RAM PRASAD BISMIL Date of Birth- 23 June 1897 Birth Place- Shahanpur,UP,India Father- Murlidhar Mother- Moolmati Date of Death- 19 December 1927 (Aged-30) Place of Death- Gorakhpur,UP,India

CONTRIBUTIONS Ram Prasad Bismil was an Indian poet, writer and revolutionary who participated in the Manipuri Conspiracy of 1918, and the Kakori Conspiracy of 1925, and fought against British Raj. Bismil was a freedom fighter who played an active role in India's freedom struggle.