He wrote biographies of Mazzini, Garibaldi, Shivaji and Shrikrishna; stayed in America for some time; and was also elected to the Central Assembly. He was

1. A. Aurobindo Ghosh
2. B. Bipin Chandra Pal
3. C. Lala Lajpat Rai
4. D. Motilal Nehru

Answer: C

Explanation

Lala Lajpat Rai was gifted with a perceptive mind, he was a prolific writer and authored several works like – “Unhappy India”, “Young India: An Interpretation”, “History of Arya Samaj”, “England’s Debt to India” and a series of popular biographies His biographies of Mazzini, Garibaldi and Shivaji were published in 1896 and those of Dayanand and Shri Krishna in 1898. His purpose in selecting Mazzini and Garibaldi was to infuse patriotic sentiment in the youth of Punjab, who had no access to books in English. He wanted his countrymen to become acquainted with the teachings of Italian leaders who had so impressed his own mind. He had seen the points of similarity between the problems of India and those the Italian leaders had to face. Lala Lajpat Rai traveled to the US in 1907. He toured Sikh communities along the West Coast in the USA and noted sociological similarities between the notion of ‘color-caste’ there and within castes in India. He joined Swaraj Party in 1926 and was elected its Deputy Leader in the Central Legislative Assembly. He later resigned from the Swaraj Party in August 1926. Hence option (c) is the correct answer.