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LALA LAJPAT RAI |
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Intelligent Student The great patriot Lala Lajpat Rai was born on 28th January 1865 in Dhudika village of Ferozepur District of Punjab Province, His father Lala Radha Kishan was an Urdu teacher in a government school. He belonged to the family of Agarwals, a family noted for its love of freedom and self-respect. Although illiterate, Lajpat Rai's mother Gulab Devi was an ideal Hindu woman. It was from her that Lalaji imbibed patriotic sentiments. Lalaji was a very intelligent pupil. He won scholarships. Poverty
and sickness stood in the way of his higher education. He passed the Entrance Examination
of the Calcutta University in the first class in 1880. The same year he also passed the
Entrance Examination of Punjab University. Afterwards he joined the Lahore Government
College. At the same time he studied law. Because of the poverty of the family his
education was interrupted for two years. |
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