Jagat Narain
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Lala Jagat Narain was the founder of the Hind Samachar group.
Lala Jagat Narain, an Arya Samaji,[citation needed] was a prominent opponent of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. He was shot dead on September 9, 1981, near Amaltas Motel on the national highway while returning to Jalandhar from Patiala.
Bhindranwale barricaded himself inside the fortified Gurudwara Gurdarshan Parkash at Mehta Chowk, but was persuaded to surrender on September 20, 1981. For 25 days, violence exploded all over Punjab, while Bhindranwale was jailed in a Circuit House. India’s then Home Minister, Giani Zail Singh, announced to Parliament that there was no evidence that Bhindranwale was involved in Lala Jagat Narain’s murder, and was released in Oct. 15, 1981.
A chair in the name of Lala Jagat Narain was established at Kurukshetra University in 1998.
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