Raja Mahendra Pratap
Raja Mahendra Partap | |
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Mathura | |
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Born | 1 December 1886 British India |
Died | 29 April 1979 (aged 92) |
Alma mater | Muhammad Anglo-Oriental Collegiate School |
Raja Mahendra Pratap (1 December 1886 — 29 April 1979) was an
Early life
Pratap was born in the ruling
Education
In 1895 Pratap was admitted to the Government High School in
Nobel prize nomination
He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1932.[1][8] N.A. Nilsson, his nominator, had said about him —
While nominating for the Peace Nobel Prize, the nominator in a short biography, gave Singh's status as follows: Singh "is the editor of the World Federation and an unofficial envoy of Afghanistan. The nominator wrote a short biography as well as international political activities. Particularly his role in the Indo-Turco-German mission was highlighted. For instance, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany and Sultan Mohemmod Rishad of Turkey gave him letters for the Afghan King. He arrived in Kabul on Oct. 2, 1915. On December 1, 1915, a Provisional Government for India was organised. Pratap was declared as its President. In 1917 he went to Russia and met Trotsky at Leningrad. From there he came back to meet Kaiser and Sultan, to give the message of the King of Afghanistan. He passed some time in Budapest and Switzerland. He was brought by German aeroplane to Russia, where he met Lenin. From there he went to Afghanistan. King Amanullah sent him on a mission to China, Tibet, Japan, Siam, Germany, Turkey and the U.S.A. After an agreement with the British, the King lost interest in Pratap. In the end, it is summarized: “He is primarily on an unofficial economic mission of Afghanistan. However, being born as an Indian he also wanted to expose the British brutalities in that land of the idealist Americans. At this juncture, when the great freedom movement of India is developing with large momentum it is in the interest of the spiritually minded as well as business people to study carefully this new phenomenon of our social life. …. He hopes to achieve some practical results in this direction during his present sojourn in this country (U.S.A.). He is planning to establish an Afghanistan information bureau and an office of the World Federation at Washington, D.C. He just tries to do his duty according to his best understanding and leaves the working of fate to the Laws of Nature!".. "It will be of interest to know – Why a Swede nominated Singh? The answer is to be found in the documents, which were sent with the nomination letter. Namely, Singh supported the idea of “World Federation”, about which N.A. Nilsson, propagated in 1910, as is evident from: “Fédération Internationale – Discours Au – xviii Congrés Universel de la paix (International Federation – Speeches in – xviii Universal Congress of Peace)."[9]
Freedom movement
In spite of objections from his father-in-law, Pratap went to
In January 1915, on learning about his presence in Switzerland, Chatto alias
Informed about Chatto's activities from
According to Pratap's wish, he was taken to a military camp near the Polish border to gain a firsthand knowledge of army policies and functioning. On 10 April 1915 accompanied by the German diplomat
In
Provisional Government of India
On 1 December 1915 Pratap established the first
In Japan
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Return to India
He returned to
1957 Lok Sabha Election
He was a member of the second
On 22 November 1957, Mahendra Pratap moved a bill in Lok Sabha to recognise the service to the country of people like Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Barindra Kumar Ghosh and Bhupendranath Datta. The bill was defeated with 48 votes favouring it and 75 against it. He, along with other members walked out of the Lok Sabha saying "I hope every Bengali and every Maratha will also walk out".[13][14]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent
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Raja Mahendra Pratap [15][16] | 95,202 | 40.68 | ||
INC | Chaudhary Digambar Singh | 69,209 | 29.57 | ||
Independent
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Pooran | 29,177 | |||
ABJS | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 23,620 | 10.09 |
References
- ^ a b Gupta, Sourabh (28 November 2014). "3 surprising facts about Jat King at the centre of AMU row". India Today.
- ISBN 9788188629329.
- ^ "The Role and Contribution of Raja Mahendra Pratap in Indian Freedom Movement" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ "Raja Mahendra Pratap". India Post.
- ^ Jaiswal, Anuja (6 May 2018). "Mahendra Pratap Singh: Now, Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh's grandson wants his portrait in AMU". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ a b Bhattacharya, Abinash Chandra (1962). Bahirbharate Bharater Muktiprayas (in Bengali), Kalikata:Firma K.L.Mukhopadhyaya, pp. 9–24
- ^ a b "Explained: Battleground AMU; A Raja and his Legacy". The Indian Express. 29 November 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize in Peace, 1901–1955. nobelprize.org
- ISBN 978-3844043389
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- Maulavi Barkatullah, Barkatulla University, Bhopal, 1–3 December 2005.
- ^ Statistical Report on General Elections, 1957 to the Second Lok Sabha. Election Commission of India (1957)
- ^ "Divided over Savarkar: Once upon a time, CPI MPs, Feroze Gandhi spoke up for him". The Indian Express. 1 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ Gandhi, Feroze; Gopalan, Ayillath Kuttieri; Pai, Bapu Nath; Tyagi, Mahavir; Chaudhuri, Tridib; Datar, Balwantrao Nageshrao; Tahir, Mohammad; Sen, Ashok Kumar; Narasimhan, C. R.; Singh (Patiala), Hukum; Pratap, Mahendra (18 July 2022). "Recognition (of Services to the country) Bill". Lok Sabha Digital Library.
- ^ "General Election, 1957 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ^ साहिल, अफ़रोज़ आलम (1 October 2019). "बीजेपी को जिन राजा महेंद्र प्रताप पर प्यार आ रहा है, उन्होंने वाजपेयी को हराया था". ThePrint Hindi. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
Further reading
- The Kaiser's Mission to Kabul A Secret Expedition to Afghanistan in World War 1 by Jules Stewart, I.B.Taurus 2014 ISBN 978 178076 875 5
- Dr. Vir Singh (2004), My Life History: 1886–1979, Raja Mahendra Pratap, ISBN 81-88629-24-3
- "Mahendra Pratap (Raja)" in Dictionary of National Biography, 1974, Vol.III, pp10–11
- Les origines intellectuelles du mouvement d'indépendance de l'Inde (1893–1918) by Prithwindra Mukherjee, Paris, 1986 (PhD Thesis)
External links
- https://www.rajamahendrapratap.com/ Archived 11 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine
- https://web.archive.org/web/20040910013359/http://www.punjabiamericanheritagesociety.com/paf/paf2000/ghadar_ki_goonj.html
- http://www.punjabilok.com/misc/freedom/history_of_the_ghadar_movement8.htm
- Mahendra Pratap materials at the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)
- http://shodh.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/508/2/02_introudction.pdf Archived 1 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine