Bhai Parmanand

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Bhai Parmanand
Indian Independence Movement • Ghadar Movement
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Bhai Parmanand (4 November 1876 – 8 December 1947) was an

Ghadar Party and Hindu Mahasabha
.

Early life

Parmanand was born on 4 November 1876 in Karyala (Punjab, Pakistan) to Bhai Tara Chand Chibber in a prominent Mohyal Brahmin family and his father was an active religious missionary within the Arya Samaj movement.[1]

Views on partition

While reading letters of Lala Lajpat Rai to him in 1909, he had jotted an idea that 'the territory beyond

Musulmans in the rest of the country should go and settle in this territory'.[2][3][4]

Overseas missions

In October 1905, Parmanand visited South Africa and stayed with

Waikiki Beach. A letter from Parmanand prompted his departure for San Francisco where he became an activist in the anarchist movement
.

Parmanand toured several

George V, released him in 1920 as the result of a general amnesty order.[7]

Death

Parmanand died on 8 December 1947 of a heart attack. He was survived by his son Dr.

Jana Sangh and BJP.[citation needed
]

Legacy

Named after him are the Bhai Parmanand Institute of Business Studies in New Delhi,[8] a Public School in East Delhi and a hospital also in Delhi.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Singh, Fauja (1972). Eminent Freedom Fighters of Punjab. Punjabi University, Dept. of Punjab Historical Studies.
  2. ^ Parmanand, Bhai. The Story of my Life. pp. 41–.
  3. ISBN 978-1-4008-2803-6
    .
  4. ^ Islam, Shamsul. "Hindus- Muslims in 1857 & Emergence of 2 Nation Theory". Shamsul Islam. Retrieved 19 May 2007. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ "Pakistan : Past Future Solutions Policy: 1". Hindustan Network. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
  6. ^ Lal, Prita (1 May 2005). "Arya Spiritual Center". Hinduism Here. Archived from the original on 14 February 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
  7. ^ Singh, Jaspal. "Historical Sikh Events: History of the Ghadar Movement part 3 – Return to India". All About Sikhs. Retrieved 5 August 2008. [dead link]
  8. ^ Bhai Parmanand. Institute of Business Studies
  9. ^ "Bhai Parmanand Vidya Mandir". www.bvmschool.in. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

Further reading

  • The Story of My Life by Bhai Parmanand, translated by N. Sundra Iyer and Lal Chand, The Central Hindu Yuvak Sabha, Lahore, 1934
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