Lala Lajpat Rai’s contribution recalled

Jalandhar, January 24

The Vishwa Sanwad Kendra today organised a seminar to mark the birth anniversary of noted freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai at Bhagat Singh Chowk here.

RSS representative Vijay Singh termed him a great journalist who infused patriotism among the masses through his newspaper ‘Anglo Vedic’. He also highlighted his other achievements. “As a leader of the Indian National Congress, he changed the trend of communicating from English to Hindi. Through his Swadeshi Movement, Lalaji shook up the entire industry in Manchester and Lancashire. He strengthened the Punjab National Bank and the Laxmi Insurance Company,” Singh said.

Prof Ranbir Singh of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, PTU, said it was regrettable that the new generation was completely unaware of the freedom movement and the fight that the great patriots put up during independence. A vote of thanks was proposed by Brig (retd) Jagdish Gagneja. — TNS