Lala Lajpatrai Institute of Management, Mumbai

Lala Lajpat Rai was one of those outstanding personalities whose struggle to bring freedom to India is a permanent source of inspiration for years to come. Popularly called as the Lion of Punjab, he led a battle against the British Rule who had invaded the country and had established their never ending regime.Lajpat Rai was born on 28th Jan, 1865 at a village named Dhudike in Ferozpur District of Punjab.
His father, Munshi Radha Krishan was a great Scholar of Persian and Urdu. Lalaji's mother, Gulab Devi, was a great source of inspiration. Lalaji was brought up in a family background that allowed freedom of having different faiths and beliefs.
Since childhood he had a desire to serve his country and its people, and therefore took a pledge to free the country from the shackles of foreign rule.
His activities were multifarious. He was an ardent social reformer. He founded the Indian Home Rule League of America in October 1917, in New York and, a year later, he also set up, with himself as Director, the "Indian Information Bureau" in New York to serve as a Publicity Organisation for India. Lala Lajpat Rai returned to India on Feb.20, 1920 as a great hero.
He plunged into Gandhi's non-cooperation movement, which in Punjab, under Lajpat Rai's leadership spread like a wildfire in the province, and he soon came to be known as "The Lion of Punjab". He travelled far and wide in India and his eloquence brought hundreds to the congress fold.