Sir Chhotu Ram | |
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Born | Ram Richpal 24 November 1881 |
Died | 9 January 1945 | (aged 63)
Alma mater | University of Delhi |
Title | For the honesty of Social work, he was given the title of the Sir. |
Political party | Unionist Party |
Spouse | Giano Devi |
Family | Ch. Sri Chand (Son)[(First Speaker of Haryana Vidhan Sabha)], Bhagwani Devi (daughter), Ram Pyari (daughter), Ch. Birender Singh (grandson),Ch. Mahender Singh (grandson), Brijendra Singh (BJP politician) (great-grandson),[Sameer Singh (President Consumer Court)]] (great Grandson)[1][2] |
Chhotu Ram (born Ram Richpal Ohlyan; 24 November 1881 – 9 January 1945) was a prominent politician in British India's Punjab Province, an ideologue of the pre-Independent India, who belonged to the Hindu 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. In 1916, he brought out a weekly newspaper named Indian Gazette, which is still being published today. [3]