He wrote biographies of Mazzini, Garibaldi, Shivaji and Shri Krishna; stayed in America for some time; and was also elected to the Central Assembly. He was
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UPSC CSP Previous Year Paper (2018)
Aurobindo Ghosh
Incorrect AnswerBipin Chandra Pal
Incorrect AnswerLala Lajpat Rai
Correct AnswerMotilal Nehru
Incorrect AnswerExplanation:
Lajpat Rai adopted Mazzini as his own guru after reading Surendranath’s Speeches. In 1896, he wrote a series of books in Urdu, which he named the ‘Great Men of the World’. The first great man he chose was his Italian guru Giuseppe Mazzini, and then Garibaldi, along with Sivaji, Dayananda and Sri Krishna.
His purpose in selecting Mazzini and Garibladi was to infuse patriotic sentiment in the youth of Punjab, who had no access to books in English.
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