Chhotu Ram was born as Ram Richpal in a Jat family in the village of Garhi Sampla, Rohtak district, Punjab Province.
10 Facts About Chhotu Ram
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Chhotu Ram's parents were Chaudhari Sukhiram Singh Ohlyan and Sarla Devi.
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Chhotu Ram acquired the nickname Chhotu Ram as he was the youngest of his brothers.
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Chhotu Ram was married to a Jat girl of Village Kheri Jat, Jhajjar.
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Chhotu Ram joined primary school in January 1891, passing out four years later.
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Chhotu Ram studied for his middle school examination in Jhajjar, 12 miles from his village, then enrolled in the Christian Mission School in Delhi.
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Chhotu Ram passed his intermediate examination in 1903 and proceeded to St Stephen's College, Delhi from where he graduated in 1905 with a distinction in Sanskrit.
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Chhotu Ram was chief convenor of Jaat Sabha, a voice of Punjab landowners and tenants alike.
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Chhotu Ram's body was carried back to his home in Rohtak city, where it was cremated at the Jat Heroes Memorial Anglo Sanskrit Senior Secondary School in the presence of thousands of people.
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All punjabis recognised that Chotu Chhotu Ram's demise possessed profound political consequences.