Ravi Rohmetra
From the very beginning Jammu has been known as the place of saints and warriors. Jammuites are proud that leaders like Lala Hans Raj were born here. in 1892 Lala Ji founded Mahajan Sabha. Whole of the Mahajan Community in this country is ‘feeling proud to have such a prominent socialworker and a very good leader. He. in fact was the live example of wisdom, humility and tolerance. Moreover, it is a fact that late Lala Hans Raj Ji, not only worked for the betterment of Mahajan community but also for the betterment of the country also. Lala Hans Raj founder of Akhil Bhartiya Mahajan Shiromani Sabha and Dogra Sadar Sabha was a man of principles and freedom fighter. Lala Hans Raj Ji was born on 2nd October 1866 at Hamirpur Sidhar,- Akhnoor in a well known family. His father’s name was Lala Harish Chand Mahajan. At that time standard of education was not so high so he got his education at a mosque of his village from Mian Innam Aldin in Persian and Urdu. Once Late Maharaja, Ranbir Singh (1857-1885 AD) the ruler of the state visited Mirpur village and met its inhabitants. Boy Hans Raj was also very curious to see the ruler. Maharaja became impressed on seeing Hans Raj who was with his father and asked a few questions from Hans Raj which he answered very quickly and accurately . On account of this, Maharaja asked Harriya Shah to send his child to Jammu for further studies where he got his education from Choba Ganesh Prasad and Choba Janki Prasad.
After sometime, the same young boy got the title “Sher-eDuggar” He passed the degree of law in first division. He was also interested in religious works and in 1916, he constructed theVed Mandir Ashram. Besides preaching Vedas his motive was to improve the conditions of orphans and to stop slaughter. After laying the foundation stone of Dogra Sadar Sabha and Mahajan Sabha, Lala Ji under the supervision of Maharaja Amar Singh laid the foundation stone of the Rajput Sabha for the upliftment of low caste people. When the movement spread from Bengal to whole of India Lala Ji played his role in Jammu and Kashmir. After this, he adopted Khaddar and also urged ” the people to wear “Khaddar”. For this, he started a workshop to make and dye “Khaddar” at Purani Mandi Jammu. After retirement from government job, he as a lawyer helped people in one or another way.
Most of his time was spent in organizing rallies o and helping poor, In October 1932 as Srinagar – riots started between Muslims and Kashmiri Pandits, Muslims attacked the house of Pandit Amarnath Kak (elder brother of Pandit Ramchandra Kak, who was elected as Prime Minister of J and K. At that time Lala Ji was at Srinagar. He came to known about this and with the help of some of his associates, he reached Amarnath’s house and saved the life of his family members and took them to Hazuri Bagh near Amira Kadal. After that with the help of a local Hindu leader Keshav Bandu he decided to hold a conference in which Hindu, Muslims, Sikhs could get united and work for the whole society. .
He was also known as the “Dogra General”. Lala Ji passed away in the intervening night of 26th / 27th February 1944. He was 77. Whole of the society was shocked to hear about the demise. of Lala Hans Raj Mahajan. Every political and non-political party condoled.Lala Jis demise.
Lala Ji during his spare time’Worked’ for the betterment of the Dogra Sadar Sabha and he was also successful in opening the branches of Dogra Sadar Sabha in whole of the J and K State. Dogra sadar Sabha also worked for the betterment of the people of Srinagar. He also successfully launched magazines, newspapers like”Dogra Gazette Mahajan Niti Patra and Mahajan : Samachar. In the memory of Lala Ji a Park “Lala Hans Raj Park” in Jammu and a big building in Delhi are used by people in different ways, thus helping the people.’On 18th July 1936 he was unanimously elected a member of State Assembly. As a Member of Assembly, he -worked for every community especially for the people Kandi belt.
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