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'''Mukandi Lal''' (14 October 1885 - 10 January 1982)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uttarakhand-times.blogspot.com/2011/12/barrister-mukundi-lal.html|title=Barrister Mukundi Lal}}</ref> was an Indian advocate, judge, freedom fighter, politician, writer and art critic from [[Garhwal Kingdom|Garhwal]].

== Early life ==
Mukandi Lal was born in Patali village, Malla Nagpur patti in [[Chamoli district|Chamoli]], [[Garhwal division|Garhwal]] in the later Indian state of [[Uttarakhand]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.merapahad.com/barrister-mukundi-lal-from-uttarakhand/|title=उत्तराखण्ड के लाल-बैरिस्टर मुकुन्दी लाल|website=www.merapahad.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-26}}</ref>

His early education was in [[Pauri]] and [[Almora]], followed by higher education in [[Allahabad]], [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] and [[Christ Church, Oxford|Oxford]]. <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.srinagargarhwal.com/srinagar-molaram-story.php|title=Mola Ram, Garhwal Paintings, Garhwal School of Painting, Barrister Mukandi Lal {{!}}|website=www.srinagargarhwal.com|language=en|access-date=2018-09-25}}</ref> As a student of [[Muir Central College|Muir central college]], [[Allahabad]], Lal accompanied [[Lala Lajpat Rai]] in his tour of [[Kumaon division|Kumaon]] and [[Garhwal division|Garhwal]] during the famine of 1913.{{cn|date=October 2020}} He studied law at [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=Koskimaki|first=Leah M.|date=January 2016|title=Addressing the Youth: Emerging Youth Publics in Late Colonial Uttarakhand|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/46724374.pdf|journal=Himalaya, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies|volume=35}}</ref> His education at Oxford was sponsored by Ghanananad Khanduri, a local philanthropist.<ref name=":1" />

== Career ==
Lal was an advocate in the [[Allahabad High Court]] beginning in 1919<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/205944/|title=Raghunath Singh Parmar vs Mukandi Lal on 5 August, 1936|website=indiankanoon.org|access-date=2018-09-26}}</ref> and served as a Judge of the High Court in [[Garhwal Kingdom|Tehri-Garhwal State]]. <ref name=":0" />

He was the founder and editor of the newspaper ''Tarun Kumaun'' (''Young Kumaun'').<ref name=":2" /> In 1921, Garhwali and Kumaoni youth rallied against the [[Coolie-Begar Movement|coolie beggar]] system and Lal met Garhwali students from Varanasi on the issue.<ref name=":2" />

=== Activist ===
Lal represented [[Kumaon division|Kumaon]] along with [[Govind Ballabh Pant|Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant]] in the Convention of the [[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]] Congress in November 1920, prior to the Nagpur session during which it was decided that the propaganda for [[Non-cooperation movement]] would also be carried out in Kumaon. <ref name=":4">{{Cite book|title=GOVIND BALLABH PANT|last=Pandey|first=Sudhakar|publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting|year=June 2015}}</ref> Lal represented Garhwal'''.'''<ref name=":4" />

Mukandi Lal was the legal counsel of the soldiers of 39 [[The Garhwal Rifles|Garhwal Rifles]] accused of mutiny during the Peshawar Incident ([[Qissa Khwani Bazaar]] massacre) in 1930, when they refused to open fire against unarmed [[Satyagraha|satyagrahis]] of [[Khudai Khidmatgar]] protesting the unlawful arrest of [[Bacha Khan|Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan]].<ref name=":3" /> He is credited for saving the 'Hero of Peshawar' - platoon commander Chandra Singh - from death-penalty.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Forgotten Political Avatar|last=Gulati|first=Mahinder N.|publisher=Partridge Publishing|year=2015}}</ref>

=== Art critic and author ===
Lal became an authority on [[Pahari painting|Pahari paintings]], especially the Garhwal School of Painting and one its prolific artists - [[Mola Ram]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/GarhwalPainting|title=Garhwal Painting|last=Mukandi Lal|date=1968}}</ref> He authored the book ''Garhwal Paintings'' published by the Department of Publications in 1968.<ref name=":5" /> He wrote several books. He was awarded the fellowship of State Lalit Kala Akademi, Uttar Pradesh in 1972 and his work was recognised by the [[All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society|All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society]] in 1978.<ref name=":1" />

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