Question

UPSC Prelims 2018 Question:

He wrote biographies of Mazzini, Garibaldi, Shivaji and Shrikrishna; stayed in America for some time; and was also elected to the Central Assembly. He was:

1. Aurobindo Ghosh
2. Bipin Chandra Pal
3. Lala Lajpat Rai
4. Motilal Nehru

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 3: Lala Lajpat Rai

Detailed Solution

Explanation:

Lala Lajpat Rai was a prolific writer and authored several works like – “Unhappy India”, “Young India: An Interpretation”, “History of Arya Samaj”, “England’s Debt to India” and a series of popular biographies on Mazzini, Garibaldi and Swami Dayanand.
He founded the Punjab National Bank, the Lakshmi Insurance Company and the Servants of the Peoples Society at Lahore.
During World War I, Lajpat Rai lived in the United States, where he founded the Indian Home Rule League of America (1917) in New York City.
He returned to India in early 1920, and later that year he led a special session of the Congress Party that launched Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi’s Non-Cooperation movement. Imprisoned from 1921 to 1923, he was elected to the legislative assembly on his release.

Therefore, option (3) is the correct answer.

Subject: History | Important Personalities

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