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Sir Chhotu Ram

November 25, 2020
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Recently, the Prime Minister has paid tribute to Sir Chhotu Ram Ji on his birth anniversary.

About Sir Chhotu Ram 

  • He was born on 24th November 1881 as Ram Richpal in a Jat family in the village of Garhi Sampla, Rohtak district, Punjab Province of British India(now in Haryana)
  • He was a prominent politician of British India’s Punjab Province and championed the interest of oppressed communities of the Indian subcontinent. 
  • Chhotu Ram was a co-founder of the National Unionist Party(a cross-communal alliance of Hindu and Muslim agriculturists) which ruled the United Punjab Province in pre-independent India and kept Congress and Muslim League at bay.
  • He started the Anglo-Sanskrit School on 26 March 1913 in Rohtak.
  • He joined Indian National Congress in 1916. Chhotu Ram worked as the President of the Rohtak District Congress Committee from 1916 to 1920. 
  • The Unionist Party won elections in 1935 to form the provincial government in the capital of Lahore.
  • As revenue minister, he brought in changes in the law to stop the practice of usury (charging interest on interest).
  • He was awarded the title Rao Bahadur
  • He was knighted in 1937  and was popularly known as Deen Bandhu
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