Pandit Arjun Lal Sethi
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Shri Arjun Lal Sethi (9 September 1880 – 22 December 1941) was a freedom fighter, revolutionary, and educator from Jaipur. He is sometimes termed the father of the freedom movement in Rajasthan.[1] He was the founder of the Congress party in Rajasthan [2] and the Jaipur Praja Mandal[3]
Background
[edit]Arjun Lai Sethi was born in a Jain family[4] at Jaipur. He earned his B.A. in Persian in 1902.[citation needed]
India's freedom movement
[edit]He worked as Kamdar in Jaipur State, but soon left the service, distressed with the behavior of the English with the Indian people. Independence-minded Arjun Lai Sethi answered the call of his heart to serve the country. He was an active participant in revolutionary movements between the years 1905–12. While serving as Head Master of Kalyanmal Mahavidyalaya at Indore, he was arrested and was kept in custody for six years, until 1922, at Jaipur and Vellore.[5]
Daily newspapers from various provinces and senior leaders had initiated movements for his release. Annie Besant, met the Viceroy for this purpose. As he had taken a vow not to consume food without worshiping Jain Tirthankar's idol, he fasted in the jail for seventy days.[6][7]
Death
[edit]He died at Ajmer on 22 December 1941, at the age of sixty-one,[8] and was buried there.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ [History of the Jaipur City, Ashim Kumar Roy, Manohar, 1978 p. 109]
- ^ The Idea of Rajasthan: Institutions Volume 2 of The Idea of Rajasthan: Explorations in Regional Identity, American Institute of Indian Studies, Karine Schomer, American Institute of Indian Studies, South Asia Publications, 1994 p. 155
- ^ 'आजादी की जंग में राजस्थान का इतिहास', स्वाधीनता आंदोलन को मिली थी नई दिशा, Samachar Jagat, 15 Aug 2016
- ^ Jain, Satish Kumar (1975). Progressive Jains of India. Shraman Sahitya Sansthan.
- ^ Rajasthan, Gazetteer of India, Volume 26 of Rajasthan, Government Central Press, 1987, p. 54
- ^ "THE XXXII SESSION OF THE INDIAN. NATIONAL CONGRESS Held at Calcutta on 26th, 28th & 29th December 1917". p.90
- ^ The collected works of Mahatma Gandhi: (24 January 1922 – 12 November 1923)., Volume 26, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, p.69
- ^ दरगाह परिसर में दफनाए गए थे महान क्रांतिकारी अर्जुनलाल सेठी, Bhaskar News Network, 21 September 2015
Taken from Article on Encyclopedia of Jainism
- Memories from his son compiled by Vikas sethi