Collected Works of Lala Lajpat Rai, Vol. 4 - Hardcover

Rai, Lala Laijpat

 
9788173045561: Collected Works of Lala Lajpat Rai, Vol. 4
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 8173045569 ISBN 13: 9788173045561
Publisher: Manohar, 2004

Synopsis

This fourth volume in the series covers five years, from April 1909 to May 1914. Lajpat Rai shared the disappointment of other Congress leaders with the Reforms Act of 1909 which had introduced separate electorates. he was seriously concerned at the widening gulf between Hindus and Muslims in the wake of reforms. This is evident from the comprehensive and closely reasoned article he wrote in the Urdu journal Zamana, reproduced in this volume. Not only did the Reforms Act of 1909 fall short of the expectations of the Congress leaders, the attitude of the British Bureaucracy in India towards political activities hardened; one of Lajpat Rai's main themes in his lectures and articles during his visit to England in 1910 was the suppression of civil liberties in India. Even though politics were Lajpat Rai's central preoccupation, he did not forget his commitment to social and educational reforms. He denounced untouchability and spoke and wrote extensively on education.

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Publisher
Manohar
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
8173045569
ISBN 13 
9788173045561
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
423
Editor
Nanda B.R.