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The nationalist leader Lala Lajpat Rai is popularly known as:

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Answer: Option A — Punjab Kesari (Lion of Punjab)

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Lala Lajpat Rai is popularly known as "Punjab Kesari" ("Lion of Punjab").

About Lala Lajpat Rai:

  • He was born on 28 January 1865 at Dhudike, in the Ferozepur district (now Moga district) of Punjab.
  • He was a lawyer, writer, and leader of the Indian national movement.
  • He was a member of the Arya Samaj and worked for education and social reform.
  • He helped to establish educational institutions of the Arya Samaj in Punjab.

His political career:

  • He was one of the leading Extremist leaders, along with Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal; the three were known as "Lal-Bal-Pal".
  • He supported Swadeshi and boycott during the movement against the partition of Bengal.
  • He lived in the United States from 1914 to 1919, where he founded the Indian Home Rule League of America (1917) and wrote books on India.
  • He was the first President of the All India Trade Union Congress (1920).
  • He founded the Servants of the People Society (1921) in Lahore, to train national workers.
  • He founded the Punjab National Bank (1894) and the Lakshmi Insurance Company along with others.
  • His books include "Unhappy India" (1928), a reply to Katherine Mayo's "Mother India", and "Young India".

His death:

  • In October 1928, he led a protest march against the Simon Commission in Lahore.
  • He was severely injured in a police lathi charge.
  • He said, "Every blow aimed at me today is a nail in the coffin of the British Empire."
  • He died on 17 November 1928.
  • His death led Bhagat Singh and his comrades to take revenge.
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  • The other titles belong to other leaders.

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Remember: Lala Lajpat Rai = "Punjab Kesari" (Lal of Lal-Bal-Pal; Servants of the People Society 1921; "Unhappy India"; died 17 November 1928 after the Lahore lathi charge).

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