Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh (Aged 93) was born on December 1, 1886, in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, India. His family belonged to the ruling Jat family of the zamindar estate, and he was the third son of Raja Ghanshyam Singh. When he was three years old, Raja Harnarayan Singh of Hathras adopted him as his son. In 1895, Pratap joined the Government High School in Aligarh, but soon after, he switched to the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental Collegiate School, which later became Aligarh Muslim University. Here, he received his education under British headmasters and Muslim teachers, all from the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh, founded by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.
Pratap took part in the Balkan War in 1911 along with his fellow students of MAO College. On his 28th birthday, December 1, 1915, during World War I, Pratap established the first Provisional Government of India at Kabul in Afghanistan as a government-in-exile of Free Hindustan. He declared himself President, with Maulavi Barkatullah as Prime Minister and Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi as Home Minister, and declared jihad on the British.
Due to his revolutionary ideas, Pratap had a good relationship with Lenin, who invited him to Russia after its liberation and welcomed him. By this time, the British had noticed his activities, and the British Government of India put a bounty on his head, confiscated his entire estate, and declared him a fugitive, causing him to flee to Japan in 1925.
In Japan, he published the ‘World Federation Monthly Magazine’ in 1929, trying his best to use the world war situations to free India. During World War II, he stayed in Tokyo, Japan, and continued his movement from the ‘World Federation Centre’ to free India from British rule. He formed the Executive Board of India in Japan in 1940 during World War II. Finally, the British government relented, and Raja Mahendra Pratap was permitted to come to India from Tokyo with respect. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1932. He passed away on April 29, 1979.
Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh
(1886 – 1979) – (Uttar Pradesh)
Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh (Aged 93) was born on December 1, 1886, in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, India. His family belonged to the ruling Jat family of the zamindar estate, and he was the third son of Raja Ghanshyam Singh. When he was three years old, Raja Harnarayan Singh of Hathras adopted him as his son. In 1895, Pratap joined the Government High School in Aligarh, but soon after, he switched to the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental Collegiate School, which later became Aligarh Muslim University. Here, he received his education under British headmasters and Muslim teachers, all from the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh, founded by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.
Pratap took part in the Balkan War in 1911 along with his fellow students of MAO College. On his 28th birthday, December 1, 1915, during World War I, Pratap established the first Provisional Government of India at Kabul in Afghanistan as a government-in-exile of Free Hindustan. He declared himself President, with Maulavi Barkatullah as Prime Minister and Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi as Home Minister, and declared jihad on the British.
Due to his revolutionary ideas, Pratap had a good relationship with Lenin, who invited him to Russia after its liberation and welcomed him. By this time, the British had noticed his activities, and the British Government of India put a bounty on his head, confiscated his entire estate, and declared him a fugitive, causing him to flee to Japan in 1925.
In Japan, he published the ‘World Federation Monthly Magazine’ in 1929, trying his best to use the world war situations to free India. During World War II, he stayed in Tokyo, Japan, and continued his movement from the ‘World Federation Centre’ to free India from British rule. He formed the Executive Board of India in Japan in 1940 during World War II. Finally, the British government relented, and Raja Mahendra Pratap was permitted to come to India from Tokyo with respect. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1932. He passed away on April 29, 1979.
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