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 Jat politician in British India's Punjab province, an ideologue of the pre-independent India. He was a co-founder of the National Unionist Party which ruled and was promoted by British to counter growing national movements[3] in 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. [4][5][6][7][8]