CHHOTU RAM

Nov. 25, 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Sir Chotu Ram Ji on his birth anniversary.

About:

  • Sir Chhotu Ram, (1881 – 1945) was a prominent politician in British India's Punjab Province.

  • He belonged to the Jat community and championed the interest of oppressed communities of the Indian subcontinent. For this feat, he was knighted in 1937.

  • On the political front, he was a co-founder of the National Unionist Party which ruled the United Punjab Province in pre-independent India and kept Congress and Muslim League at bay.

  • his birthname was Ram Richpal and was popularly known as Deen Bandhu (in Urdu as Rahbare Azam, which translates as messiah of the poor).

Source : Outlook

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