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Description: Chaudhari Devi Lal was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and was actively involved in the struggle for Indian independence from the British Raj. He was arrested on 5 October 1942 and kept in jail for a period of two years for taking part in the 1942 Quit India movement. After independence, he emerged as a popular leader of farmers in India. He belongs to the Jat clan of Bagris. Ch. Devi Lal was born to Shugna Devi and Ch. Lekh Ram on 25 September, 1914 in Teja Khera village of Sirsa district. Ch. Lekh Ram was a wealthy Jat landlord of Chautala village and he owned 2750 bighas of land. Ch. Devi Lal, whose original name was Devi Dayal, received education up to middle and also trained as a wrestler at an ‘Akhara’ in Badal village (Punjab). On Mahatma Gandhi’s call, both he and his elder brother Ch Sahib Ram, left their studies unfinished to take part in the freedom movement.