12 Facts About Bhai Parmanand

1.

Bhai Parmanand was an Indian nationalist and a prominent leader of the Hindu Mahasabha.

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2.

Bhai Parmanand's father, Tara Chand Mohyal, came from Kariala, Jhelum District and was an active religious missionary with the Arya Samaj movement.

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3.

In October 1905, Bhai Parmanand visited South Africa and stayed with Mahatma Gandhi as a Vedic missionary.

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4.

Bhai Parmanand visited Guyana in 1910 which was the centre of the Arya Samaj movement in the Caribbean.

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5.

Bhai Parmanand persuaded Hardayal to go to the United States to found a centre for the propagation of the ancient culture of the Aryan people.

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6.

Bhai Parmanand toured several British colonies in South America before re-joining Hardayal in San Francisco.

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7.

Bhai Parmanand was a founder member of the Ghadar Party.

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8.

Bhai Parmanand accompanied Hardayal on a speaking tour to Portland in 1914 and wrote a book for the Ghadar Party called Tarikh-I-Hind.

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9.

Bhai Parmanand returned to India as part of the Ghadar Conspiracy claiming he was accompanied by 5,000 Ghadarites.

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10.

Bhai Parmanand was part of the leadership of the revolt, and was sent to promote the revolt in Peshawar.

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11.

Bhai Parmanand was arrested in connection with the First Lahore Conspiracy Case and was sentenced to death in 1915.

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12.

Bhai Parmanand was survived by his son Dr Bhai Mahavir, a prominent member of the Jana Sangh and BJP.

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