AITUC pays tribute to Lala Lajpat Rai

Popularly called Sher-e-Punjab and Punjab Kesari, Lala Lajpat Rai was brutally lathi-charged while leading a demonstration on 30 October 1928 against the Simon Commission in Lahore and attained martyrdom a few days later on 17 November 1928 due to severe injuries he received in this attack.