Sir Chhotu Ram and 'Arya Samaj' Movement in Punjab

 

 Sir Chhotu Ram and 'Arya Samaj' Movement in Punjab 

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During the war years Chhotu Ram developed links with ‘Jat’ and ‘Arya Samajist’ leaders. Chhotu Ram’s association with manager of ‘Gurukul’ at Matindu brought him into contact with Swami Shradhanand .  

Master Nathu Ram was his close ally in Rohtak and he was famous among the ‘Jats’ as an ‘Arya’ preacher. He was with Chhotu Ram at the time of the disturbances of 1919.

Chhotu Ram constituted a committee of ‘Arya’ Samajists in Rohtak. His identification with the ‘Arya Samajists’  made officials to complain that Chhotu Ram undertakes the causes of the ‘Jat’  Community and the propagation of ‘Arya’ doctrines together.

The All India Congress and the ‘Arya Samaj’ both were vigorous movements. Earlier Sir Chhotu Ram had been both, a Congressman and an ‘Arya Samajist’. He resigned from the Congress Party in 1920.

Although he did not cease to be an ‘Arya Samajist’ but he withdrew from the official ‘Arya Samaj’.

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