Who is the father of Lala Lajpat Rai?

(A) Valubai Gokhale
(B) Sitaram Tiwari
(C) Radha Krishan
(D) Gangadhar Tilak

Correct Answer : Radha Krishan
Lala Lajpat Rai's father is named Radha Krishan. A dedicated social worker educationist, he joined the Indian National Congress in 1888. He supported the extremist leaders in the 1907 Congress split-along with Tilak. Lal Lajpat Rai started and edited a newspaper Young India, presided over the 1920 Congress Session and became a member of the Indian Legislative Assembly in 1923. In 1920 he led the non-cooperation movement in Punjab and was sent to jail. On a visit to Lahore on October 30, 1928, he suffered severe lathi blows in a police attack and later died of injuries. He is also called 'Sher-e-Punjab' and 'Punjab Kesri'.
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