banking service chronicle monthly magazine ebook
LALA LAJPATH RAI PROTEST AGAINST SIMON COMMISON
Banking service chronicle monthly magazine ebook Published Article about Lajpat Rai In 1928 the British government set up the Simon Commission headed by Sir John Simon (later Lord Simon 1st Viscount Simon) to report on the political situation in India. The Commission was boycotted by Indian political parties because it did not include a single Indian member and it was met with countrywide protests. When the Commission visited Lahore on 30 October 1928 Lajpat Rai led a nonviolent march in protest against it. The protesters chanted Simon Go Back and carried black flags.The Superintendent of Police James A. Scott ordered the police to lathi (baton) charge the protesters and personally assaulted Rai. Despite being extremely injured Rai subsequently addressed the crowd and said I declare that the blows struck at me today will be the last nails in the coffin of British rule in India for more subscribe onBanking services chronicle.
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