Commission Protests
On 30 October 1928, Lajpat Rai led a silent non-violent procession with Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya to protest against the Simon Commission at Lahore, but the police responded with a violent lathi charge. During this procession, Rai became the target of the lathi charge (a form of crowd control in which the police use heavy staves or 'lathis' in Hindi) led by British police.
Lala Lajpat Rai was beaten with lathis at the chest. He was grievously injured and later succumbed to his injuries. Bhagat Singh, who was an eyewitness to this event, claimed that it was this act that caused him to 'vow to take revenge' against the culprits of this violence.
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