Source: Lala Lajpat
Rai: Writings and Speeches, Volume One, 1888-1919, ed. by Vijaya Chandra
Joshi (Delhi: University Publishers, 1966), pp. 1-25. "The 'Open Letters'
originally appeared in the Urdu weekly Koh-Noor of Lahore. These were translated
into English shortly before the Allahabad Session of the Indian National
Congress in 1888 which was attended by Lala Lajpat Rai. At the suggestion
of Allan Octavian Hume the 'Open Letters' were reproduced in a pamphlet"
(Joshi, p.1). Typographicsl errors have been fixed, and punctuation adjusted
in some cases for clarity. Some very long paragraphs have been broken up
for convenience in reading. All editorial annotations in square brackets
are by FWP; in this regard I am greatly indebted to V. C. Joshi's footnotes.
Open Letters to
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (1888)
by *Lala
Lajpat Rai* (1865-1928)
*Letter One*
*Letter Two*
*Letter Three*
*Letter Four*
[*more
on Sir Sayyid and his views*]
[*"The
Hindu-Muslim Problem" (1924) by Lala Lajpat Rai*]
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