Lala Lajpat Rai's death is related to which of the following incident?

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Answer 1

The correct answer is Simon Commission.

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Lala Lajpat Rai
- Lala Lajpat Rai immensely contributed to attaining the independence of the nation.
- He helped in establishing few schools in the country.
- He also initiated the foundation of the Punjab National Bank.
- In 1897, he founded the Hindu Orphan Relief Movement to keep the Christian missions from securing custody of these children.
- He died after the police lathi-charged on the activists, protesting the arrival of Simon Commission. Hence, Option 2 is correct.
- Besides, a great freedom fighter and leader, Lala Lajpat Rai was also a noted writer. The United States of America: A Hindu’s impressions and a study, History of the Arya Samaj, Swaraj and social change, England’s Debt to India: India, The Problems Of National Education In India were among the books, he had written.
- On October 30, 1928, to boycott the arrival of the members of the Simon Commission in Lahore, a peaceful procession, headed by Lajpat Rai was launched.
- Intercepting the march, Superintendent of Police, Scott ordered his police force to ’lathi-charge at the activists.
- To take avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai, Bhagat Singh and his associates plotted the assassination of Scott.
- But, the revolutionaries, mistaking J.P. Saunders, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, as Scott, killed him instead.

Additional Information

The Non-cooperation Movement
- It was launched on 5th September 1920 by the Indian National Congress (INC) under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi.
- In September 1920, in a Congress session in Calcutta, the party introduced the Non-Cooperation program.
- The period of the non-cooperation movement is taken as September 1920 to February 1922.
- It signified a new chapter in the history of the Indian freedom struggle.
- The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched in the wake of a series of events including the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre and was called off because of the Chauri Chaura incident of 1922.