Set of Two Books by Lala Lajpat Rai

a) Lala Lajpat Rai, The Arya Samaj: An Account of its Origin, Doctrines and Activities, with a Biographical Sketch of the Founder, London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1915

306 pages, 10 illustrations; original decorated orange cloth with map of India on upper board
7.5 x 4.75 in (18.7 x 11.7 cm)

b) Lala Lajpat Rai, Unhappy India, Calcutta: Banna Publishing Co., 1928, second edition

565 pages, frontispiece of Mahatma Gandhi, profusely illustrated with black and white plates; original green cloth
8 x 5.5 in (20 x 13.7 cm)

This book written by one of the leading Indian freedom fighters and martyrs brings out the oppressive, exploitative and degrading effects of the British Colonial rule in India. The title is suggestive of the agony and suffering of the Indian masses under the foreign yoke. Besides expressing the extent of British exploitation of India and its people, the author expresses his views on India's culture, status of women in Indian society, western education, caste system in India, and marks an impassioned plea to the British rulers to liberate India from their colonial dominance. The author has based his observations on facts of history and western concepts of liberty and equality as practised by the Americans and Britishers in their own countries. It is a strong rebuttal of the work of an English lady Miss Maya's book about the British rule in India. (Excerpt from the preface of the book)

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