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'''Shri Arjun Lal Sethi''' (9 September 1880 – 22 December 1941) was a freedom fighter, revolutionary, and educator from [[Jaipur]]. He is sometimes termed the father of the freedom movement in Rajasthan.<ref>[History of the Jaipur City, Ashim Kumar Roy, Manohar], 1978, p. 109.</ref> He was the founder of the Congress party in Rajasthan <ref>''The Idea of Rajasthan: Institutions''. Volume 2 of ''The Idea of Rajasthan: Explorations in Regional Identity'', American Institute of Indian Studies, Karine Schomer, American Institute of Indian Studies, South Asia Publications, 1994, p. 155.</ref> and the Jaipur [[Praja Mandal]]<ref>[http://www.samacharjagat.com/news/article-blog/history-of-rajasthan-in-the-war-of-independence-79876 'आजादी की जंग में राजस्थान का इतिहास', स्वाधीनता आंदोलन को मिली थी नई दिशा, Samachar Jagat], 15 August 2016.</ref><br />
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==Background==<br />
Arjun Lai Sethi was born in a [[Jainism|Jain]] family<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jain |first=Satish Kumar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dm0AAAAAMAAJ&q=arjun+lal+sethi+jain |title=Progressive Jains of India |date=1975 |publisher=Shraman Sahitya Sansthan |language=en}}</ref> at [[Jaipur]]. He earned his B.A. degree in Persian in 1902.{{cn|date=March 2025}}<br />
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==India's freedom movement==<br />
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He worked as Kamdar in [[Jaipur State]], but soon left the service, distressed with the behaviour of the English with the Indian people. He was an active participant in revolutionary movements between the years 1905–12. While serving as Head Master of Kalyanmal Mahavidyalaya at Indore, he was arrested and was kept in custody for six years, until 1922, at Jaipur and Vellore.<ref>Rajasthan, ''Gazetteer of India'', Volume 26 of Rajasthan, Government Central Press, 1987, p. 54.</ref><br />
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Daily newspapers from various provinces and senior leaders had initiated movements for his release. [[Annie Besant]], met the Viceroy for this purpose. As he had taken a vow not to consume food without worshiping Jain Tirthankar's idol, he fasted in the jail for seventy days.<ref>"THE XXXII SESSION OF THE INDIAN. NATIONAL CONGRESS Held at Calcutta on 26th, 28th & 29th December 1917", p. 90.</ref><ref>The collected works of Mahatma Gandhi: (24 January 1922 – 12 November 1923), Volume 26, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, p. 69.</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
He died at Ajmer on 22 December 1941, at the age of sixty-one,<ref>[https://www.bhaskar.com/rajasthan/ajmer/news/RAJ-AJM-OMC-MAT-latest-ajmer-news-053532-2689257-NOR.html दरगाह परिसर में दफनाए गए थे महान क्रांतिकारी अर्जुनलाल सेठी, Bhaskar News Network, 21 September 2015]</ref> and was buried there.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Narayan Hari Apte]]<br />
* [[Kesari Singh Barahath]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[http://en.encyclopediaofjainism.com/index.php?title=SHRI_ARJUN_LAL_SETHI Taken from Article on Encyclopedia of Jainism]<br />
* Memories from his son compiled by Vikas sethi<br />
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