International Research Journal of Management Science & Technology ISSN 2250 – 1959(0nline) 2348 – 9367 (Print) An Internationally Indexed Peer Reviewed & Refereed Journal Shri Param Hans Education & Research Foundation Trust www.IRJMST.com www.SPHERT.org Published by iSaRa Solutions IRJMST Vol 9 Issue 2 [Year 2018] ISSN 2250 – 1959 (0nline) 2348 – 9367 (Print) ROLE OF LALA HAR DAYAL IN THE GHADAR MOVEMENT Ajit Singh Liddar Institution: Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab. E-Mail:
[email protected] Dr. Dalbir Singh Dhillon, former Head of History Dept., Punjabi University, Patiala, and former Chairman, Punjab Education Board, and presently Director, World Punjabi Centre Abstract: Role of Lala Har Dayal in the Ghadar Movement has not been property analyzed and determined. Some historians simply state that he was the founder of the Movement while others suggest it otherwise, but none of these was conclusively finalized based on facts. Ghadar Movement was started by the Indian immigrant in 1907 on the West (Pacific) Coast of North America. Within a span of 7 years, at the beginning of First World War, about 8,000 of them left their homes and hearths came to India to free it from the British rule. The Ghadar Movement did not succeed but it sowed the seeds for the future generations of revolutionaries to get motivation from its plans and deeds. Introduction: Lala Har Dayal was born in a rich family of Delhi; he passed his BA from Delhi and his MA from Punjab University Lahore. In 1905 he won a prestigious scholarship to study at Oxford University. For all accounts Har Dayal was a brilliant student, well liked by his teachers.