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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Lala Jagat Narain
| image = Lala Jagat Narain.jpg
| caption = Portrait of Lala Jagat Narain
| birth_date = {{birth date|1899|05|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Wazirabad]], [[Gujranwala District]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1981|09|09|1899|5|31|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Jullundur]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| alma_mater = [[DAV College]], [[Lahore]] <br> [[Law College]], [[Lahore]]
| spouse = Shanti Devi
| children = 2 sons: Romesh Chander and [[Vijay Kumar Chopra]]
}}

'''Lala Jagat Narain''' (31 May 1899 − 9 September 1981) was an Indian editor, member of the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]], [[Member of Parliament]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/pranab-i-know-of-the-consequences-indira-on-storming-golden-temple/story-FqXs5hEtNAFuhCQWH5fg6I.html |title=‘Pranab, I know of the consequences’: Indira on storming Golden Temple | india |newspaper=Hindustan Times |accessdate=12 June 2018 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612105852/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/pranab-i-know-of-the-consequences-indira-on-storming-golden-temple/story-FqXs5hEtNAFuhCQWH5fg6I.html |archive-date=12 June 2018 }}</ref> and founder of the [[Hind Samachar]] media group.<ref>{{cite web |author=site admin |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19810930-ex-minister-of-punjab-and-mp-lala-jagat-narain-shot-dead-by-assailants-773261-2013-11-07 |title=Lala Jagat Narain: An extremist killing | IndiaToday |publisher=Indiatoday.in |date=7 November 2013 |accessdate=12 June 2018 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612105853/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19810930-ex-minister-of-punjab-and-mp-lala-jagat-narain-shot-dead-by-assailants-773261-2013-11-07 |archive-date=12 June 2018 }}</ref>

==Early life==
Lala Jagat Narain was born at [[Wazirabad]], [[Gujranwala District]] (now in [[Pakistan]]) in 1899.<ref>[http://www.punjabilok.com/misc/freedom/lala_jagat_narain.htm Lala Jagat Narain] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927020543/http://www.punjabilok.com/misc/freedom/lala_jagat_narain.htm |date=27 September 2007 }}</ref> He graduated from D.A.V. College, Lahore in 1919, and joined the Law College, Lahore.

==Freedom struggle==
He left his studies in 1920 at the call of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] to join the [[Non-cooperation movement]]. He was sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment. In jail, he acted as [[Lala Lajpat Rai]]'s personal secretary.

In 1924 he became the editor of [[Bhai Parmanand]]'s weekly Hindi language paper ''Akashvani''. He participated in the [[Satyagraha]] movement and was in jail for about nine years on different occasions. His wife was in jail for six months and his eldest son, Ramesh Chandra, was arrested during the [[Quit India movement]].

==Political life==
[[File:PKD2.jpg|thumb|Punjab Kesari, header with the founders Lala Jagat Narain & Romesh Chander)]]

Narain was President of the [[Lahore]] City Congress Committee for seven years, leader of the Congress Party in the Lahore Corporation, a member of the Punjab Provincial Congress Committee for more than thirty years and member of the All-India Congress Committee for about 30 years.

Lala Jagat Narain was detained under [[Maintenance of Internal Security Act|MISA]] during the [[The Emergency (India)|Indira Gandhi's Emergency]] which was later on revoked on 4 January 1977.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/om-mehta-emergencylala-jagat-narain-misa-mao-zedong-4457668/ |title=January 4, 1977, Forty Years Ago: No Poll Plans |newspaper=The Indian Express |accessdate=12 June 2018 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612105852/http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/om-mehta-emergencylala-jagat-narain-misa-mao-zedong-4457668/ |archive-date=12 June 2018 }}</ref> Following this incident, he parted ways with the party.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.yespunjab.com/punjab/item/42752-ashwini-chopra-minna-the-journalist-now-embarks-on-a-political-journey|title=Ashwani Chopra Minna – The journalist now embarks on a political journey|work=Yes Punjab}}</ref>

Narain had come to [[Jalandhar]] as a refugee from Lahore and started an [[Urdu]] [[daily newspaper|daily]], Hind Samachar in 1948. Urdu then was the language of the salaried urban men of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], the people who could afford the time and money for a newspaper. But Urdu in independent India lacked government support. In the schools of Punjab, [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and [[Hindi]] became the languages and [[Gurmukhi]] and [[Devanagari]] the scripts of instruction. In 1965, Jagat Narain founded [[Punjab Kesari]], a Hindi daily.

==Death and legacy==
[[File:Jagat Narain 2013 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|Jagat Narain on a 2013 stamp of India]]
Jagat was a critic of the [[Khalistan movement]] and he had earlier survived an assassination attempt in January of 1981. However, on 9 September 1981, Narain was shot dead by a two-man team of assassins. Nachhatar Singh was arrested at the scene of crime. Dalbir Singh and Swaran Singh are two others accused in the case.<ref name=i>{{cite web|author=site admin |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19810930-ex-minister-of-punjab-and-mp-lala-jagat-narain-shot-dead-by-assailants-773261-2013-11-07 |title=Lala Jagat Narain: An extremist killing | IndiaToday |publisher=Indiatoday.in |date=7 November 2013 |accessdate=12 June 2018}}</ref>

Dilbir Singh, a companion of Bhindranwale, said that Bhindranwale ordered the killing of Jagat Narain.<ref>[http://www.sikhtimes.com/bios_060604a.html Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale: Five Myths] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070624051733/http://www.sikhtimes.com/bios_060604a.html |date=24 June 2007 }} Dilbir Singh related the following account of how masterfully Bhindranwale ordered the killing of Lala Jagat Narain, proprietor-editor of the Hind Samachar group of newspapers: And in one edition Lala had written in an editorial comment that Taura [Tohra, then president of the S.G.P.C.] and Ajnoha [then jathedar of the Akal Takht] are traitors. On that day, in a great fury, [Bhindranwale] called upon someone to read aloud what Lala had is said to have written. There was quiet. 'Our turban has been torn from our heads,' he proclaimed. Then one of his followers asked, 'What are your orders?' Again, in anger, he said 'Orders, you need orders! What orders? Are you blind?' Now you see he did not say anything. And they said it. 'O.K.' meaning thereby, we'll finish this man. So, then, 3–4 days later, Lala was coming from Ludhiana and they fired upon him.</ref>

The White Paper issued by the government of India, mentioned that Narain was assassinated because of his criticism of Bhindrawale.<ref name=gov>{{cite journal
| title = White Paper on Punjab Agitation
| page = 40
| publisher = Government of India
| location = New Delhi
| date = 10 July 1984
}}</ref>He was also infamous among sikhs because he disrespected sikh gurus multiple times. He was present during the [[1978 Sikh–Nirankari clashes|clash that occurred between Nirankaris and Akhand Kirtani Jatha]] members, and stood witness at the Karnal trial against Bhindrawale.<ref name=sur>{{cite book
| last = Jalandhri
| first = Surjeet
| title = Bhindranwale Sant
| publisher = Punjab Pocket Books
| year = 1984
| location = Jalandhar
| page = 25 }}</ref>

In 1981, Bhindranwale fortified inside Gurudwara Gurdarshan Parkash at Mehta Chowk, but was persuaded to surrender on 20 September 1981. For 25 days, violence exploded all over [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], while Bhindranwale was jailed in Circuit House.<ref name=rg>{{cite book |last1=Albrecht |first1=Schnabel |last2=Rohan |first2=Gunaratna |title=Wars From Within: Understanding And Managing Insurgent Movements |date=2014 |publisher=World Scientific|isbn=978-1-78326-559-6|page=193|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mdi3CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA193|language=en}}</ref>

The hijackers of an Indian Airlines plane on 29 September 1981<ref>[https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19810929-2 ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-200 registration unknown Lahore Airport (LHE)]. Aviation-safety.net (29 September 1981). Retrieved 8 November 2018.</ref> claiming to be members of the [[Dal Khalsa (International)|Dal Khalsa]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Michael T. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/30/world/sikh-separatists-hijack-indian-jetliner-to-pakistan.html |title=Sikh Separatists Hijack Indian Jetliner To Pakistan|work=The New York Times |date=30 September 1981 |accessdate=12 June 2018 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129183738/http://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/30/world/sikh-separatists-hijack-indian-jetliner-to-pakistan.html |archive-date=29 November 2014 }}</ref> demanded the release of Bhindranwale, who had been arrested in connection with the murder of Lala Jagat Narain.<ref name=a>{{cite web |author=Puneet Singh Lamba |url=http://www.sikhtimes.com/bios_060604a.html |title=Biographies – Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale: Five Myths |work=The Sikh Times |accessdate=12 June 2018 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070624051733/http://www.sikhtimes.com/bios_060604a.html |archive-date=24 June 2007 }}</ref>

India's Union Home Minister, [[Giani Zail Singh]], announced to Parliament that there was no evidence that Bhindranwale was involved in Lala Jagat Narain's assassination, and was released on 15 October 1981.<ref name=rg />

H.K. Dua, a former Editor-in-Chief of [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]], praised Narain's Hind Samachar Group for standing up against terrorism pointing out that 62 of his staff were gunned down over a period of time.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051128/punjab1.htm Plea to wipe out terror, The Tribune] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026115903/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051128/punjab1.htm |date=26 October 2012 }} ...“We should be thankful to the Hind Samachar Group of Newspapers for two reasons. Firstly, it has initiated a fund for helping victims of terrorists and that of natural calamities and , secondly, for standing up against terrorism at a time when no other paper dared to do so. The family had not only lost two of its members — Lala Jagat Narain and Ramesh Chander Ji — but the newspaper lost 62 of its agents, hawkers, sub-editors and senior-sub editors. It is a remarkable contribution toward the country and in the interest of freedom of expression,” said Mr Dua</ref>

A chair in the name of Narain was established at [[Kurukshetra University]] in 1998.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}}

On 9 September 2013, Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] released a postage stamp in memory of Jagat Narain.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/delhi/pm-releases-stamp-on-veteran-journalist-lala-jagat-narain_875205.html |title=PM releases stamp on veteran journalist Lala Jagat Narain|publisher=Zeenews.india.com |date=9 September 2013 |accessdate=12 June 2018 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231837/http://zeenews.india.com/news/delhi/pm-releases-stamp-on-veteran-journalist-lala-jagat-narain_875205.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-09/india/41902458_1_virbhadra-singh-deputy-chief-minister-punjab-kesari |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912070027/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-09/india/41902458_1_virbhadra-singh-deputy-chief-minister-punjab-kesari |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 September 2013 |title=Prime Minister releases stamp on Lala Jagat Narain | India News |date=9 September 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=12 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pm-releases-postage-stamp-on-freedom-fighter-lala-jagat-narain/420671-3.html |title=News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News Headlines, Live News Updates |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |accessdate=12 June 2018 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912051232/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pm-releases-postage-stamp-on-freedom-fighter-lala-jagat-narain/420671-3.html |archive-date=12 September 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/slideshows/day-in-pics/september-9-2013/pm-releasing-postage-stamp-on-lala-jagat-narain/slideshow/22434760.cms?prtpage=1 |title=September 9, 2013 – PM releasing postage stamp on Lala Jagat Narain |work=The Economic Times |date=9 September 2013 |accessdate=12 June 2018 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612105857/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/slideshows/day-in-pics/september-9-2013/pm-releasing-postage-stamp-on-lala-jagat-narain/slideshow/22434760.cms?prtpage=1 |archive-date=12 June 2018 }}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* [http://juergensmeyer.com/files/ASU%20volume-%2006CHAP02_JUERGENSMEYER.pdf juergensmeyer.com] From [[Bhindranwale]] to [[Osama bin Laden|Bin Laden]]: A search for understanding religious violence by Professor Mark Jurgensmeyer, California University

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