‘Every blow that they hurled at us drove one more nail into the coffin of the Empire.’

Lala Lajpat Rai
लाला लाजपत राय
Indian author and politician (1865-1928)
4 pieces
- Lived
- 1865–1928
- Born
- Dhudike
- Died
- Lahore
- Nationality
- British Raj
- Known as
- writer, politician, revolutionary, freedom fighter
- Era
- 20th century
- Movement
- Indian independence movement
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Works (4)
'I am not afraid of seven crores of Muslims in India but I think, the seven crores in India, plus the armed hordes of Afghanistan, Central Asia, Arabia, Mesopotamia and Turkey will be irresistible. Are we then doomed?’
The Government which attacks its own innocent subjects has no claim to be called a civilised government. Bear in mind, such a government does not survive long. I declare that the blows struck at me will be the last nails in the coffin of …
A great Hindu, Lajpat Rai, reminded Europe that “long before the European nations knew anything of hygiene, and long before they realized the value of tooth-brush and a daily bath, the Hindus were, as a rule, given to both. Only twenty …