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Lala Miya Das Bhalla had two sons named Lala Dhanpat Rai Bhalla and Lala Hira Nand Bhalla.  And Lala Dhanpat Rai Bhalla had two sons named Lala kishen Dayal Bhalla and Lala Shanker Das Bhalla. And Lala Hira Nand Bhalla had a one son Lala Bishen Das Bhalla.

All Family members of Lala Dhanpat Rai Bhalla and Lala Hira Nand Bhalla lived (joint family) in a same house till February 1931 and Lala Kishen Dayal Bhalla built an Empire and became one of the known wealthy family in the area they acquired Farming land in surrounding area of Sri Hargobindpur and at Bakhu Nangal located at Kartarpur Kapurthala Road, Four (4) miles from Kartarpur city Dist. Jullundur (Jalandhar) and bought a property (Kothi) in Multan (now in Pakistan). After the death of Lala Dhanpat Rai and Lala Hira Nand Bhalla then Lala Shanker Das Bhalla son of Lala Dhanpat Rai Bhalla the younger brother of Lala Kishen Dayal Bhalla also died.

After the death of their father's and brother, both the cousins Lala Kishen Dayal Bhalla and Lala Bishen Das Bhalla managed the family affairs and business jointly with each others consultation. Lala Kishen Dayal was responsible for all the financial activates and Lala Bishen Das Bhalla was fully in charge of the Administration, because he was educated and socially he was very active. But he always respected his cousin Lala Kishen Dayal Bhalla without his consultation he never took any decision or action by himself in family affairs or any business matters till 1931.

Both the cousin's Lala Kishen Dayal Bhalla and Lala Bishen Das Bhalla were PakkaArya Samajis” and Lala Bishen Das Bhalla was the president of the Arya Samaj Sri Hargobindpur, and also he was the life member of the ARYA PRATINIDHI SABHA PUNJAB SAMBANDHAK COMMITTEE. Both the cousins were educationist, and social reformer and very well known in District Gurdaspur and around Punjab.

In February 1931 Lala Durga Das Bhalla and Lala Dev Dutt Bhalla pressured their father Lala Bishen Das Bhalla without the consent of Pandit Bhim Sain Bhalla to become independent and divide the assets from Lala Kishen Dayal Bhalla then both the cousin thought and made their  wise decision that now it’s the time to separate and divide the family assets because both of them aged and their health was also not permitting them to look after the family business and then family has grown up big. So they did not wanted that after their death the families will not be able to continue the business as both cousin's managed till this time. They decided to divide the assets among themselves jointly without any outsiders (third person's) involvement. Eventually there was some problems between their children occurred that who wants what and how to divide the assets. They could not able to divide the property and business by themselves.

Then they had to involve third person "Arbitrator" They decided to involve Lala Daya Ram  Khosla prominent person an a elder brother of Lala Atma Ram Khosla (son-in-law) of Lala Bishen Das Bhalla to become an "Arbitrator" and his decision shall be the final and both parties has to fully agree with his decision and both have to accept. So, it took them approximately six moths to divide the family assets in 1931. Every thing did not go smoothly their were lot of fights and bickering between the children of both families but anyway it was the right time they separated and divided the assets in two parts 50% went to Lala Bishen Das Bhalla and other 50% to Lala Kishen Dayal Bhalla and Lala Shanker Das Bhalla’s heirs. 

Lala Bishen Bhalla died on December 06, 1936 he had a three sons Lala Durga Das Bhalla, Babu Dev Dutt Bhalla, Pandit Bhim Sain Bhalla (Vidyalankar). One of his son Babu Dev Dutt Bhalla was at the time working for Indian Railway in Lahore (now in Pakistan) immediately he resigned his job and came back to Sri Hargobindpur and demanded his one third share of the property from his elder brother Lala Durga Das Bhalla and separated and built his own house and lived their with his family Lala Durga Das did not discuss or consulted with his younger brother Pandit Bhim Sain Bhalla (Vidyalankar) who was also at that time living in Lahore with his family. And Lala Durga Das was controlling Pandit Bhim Sain Bhalla (Vidyalankar) share of property. After the partition between India and Pakistan in 1947 Pandit Bhim Sain Bhalla (Vidyalankar) came back from Lahore (now in Pakistan) and asked his elder brother Lala Durga Das Bhalla about his share of income since 1936. And one third share of the property . Lala Durga Das did not gave him any positive answer for sometime about the income. So Pandit ji being a simple and honest person he did not questioned anymore to his elder brothers and he always respected him and all of his family including his "Tau ji's" Lala Kishen Dayal Bhalla and "Chacha" Lala Shanker Das Bhalla's heirs till he lived.

Lala Kishen Dayal Bhalla's first wife Shmt. Basant Kaur died in 1885 and they were blessed with one son named Shiv Das Bhalla. Lala Kishen Dayal Bhalla went to Haridwar in year 1885 to immerse the Ashes of his First wife Shmt. Basant Kaur in Ganges. And again he visited Haridwar  in year 1889 with his younger brother Lala Shanker Das Bhalla.

Lala Kishen Dayal Bhalla remarried to (Veero Kahar) "Mehar Kaur" and they were blessed with Nine (9) Children Five (5) girls and Four (4) boys. Lala Kishen Dayal Bhalla died in 1939 and his youngest son Lala Shanti Swroop Bhalla went to Haridwar in 1939 to immerse the Ashes of his father in Ganges.

After the death of Lala Kishen Dayal Bhalla his Elder son Lala Roshan Lal Bhalla became the head of the family. All the four brothers Lala Roshan Lal Bhalla, Lala Prithvi Raj Bhalla, Lala Sukhdev Raj Bhalla and Lala shanti Swroop Bhalla lived (joint family) together with their families in one house. In 1947 after the partition between India and Pakistan "The Bhalla Clan" suffered a big financial setback (loses) due to all the money was lender to Muslim Zamidar's (farmer's) and all of them left the country and it became impossible for the family to look after even the farming land because they all were depended on the Muslim Zamidar's (farmer's). But the family servants knew most of the land locations and dealings etc. So with their help all the four brothers carried along together for some time and then it became difficult for the families to stay together (jointly) because, Lala Roshan Lala Bhalla told his other three brothers to go and find a job and take care of your families he was the only person in the family who was controlling the family assets and then his mother pressured Lala Roshan Lal Bhalla to divide the property and  give them their share and also to Lala Shanker Das Bhalla's wife Smt. Lakshmi Devi Bhalla Or her son Lala Jagdish Ram Bhalla but again it was very difficult to divide the assets and it was not so easy to bring Lala Roshan Lal Bhalla to agree the terms that he will divide the assets 50% to Lala Shanker Das Bhalla's heirs and 50 % Lala Kishen Dayal Bhalla heirs (i.e.) to all four brothers.

But Lala Roshan Lal Bhalla and his youngest brother Lala Shanti Swroop Bhalla did not agree to this decision at all and they divided the property in five parts instead of fifty percent to Lala Kishen Dayal Bhalla's heirs and other fifty percent to Lala shanker Das Bhalla's heirs.

So one fifth share was  given to Lala Jagdish Ram Bhalla the only survivor of Lala Shanker Das Bhalla who was at the time working for Indian Railway Department at Delhi. Lala Shanker Das Bhalla had a three sons but Lala Bhagat Ram Bhalla and Lala Jagat Ram Bhalla both were married and died at an early age but they did not had any children. Lala Jagdish Ram Bhalla the only survivor of Lala Shanker Das Bhalla Looked after his mother Lakshmi Devi and both the sister-in-law's till he died most of the time all of them stayed in Delhi.

Now most all of "The Bhalla Clan" family members had sold their farming land except the other property such as houses, shops, Havali's etc. and left Sri Hargobindpur for the good.

Both the cousin brothers had a family friend named Lala Ulhas Rai in Batala he was also very well known and a wealthy man owned a lot of property and business at one time he was a partner in business with Lala Kishen Dayal Bhalla and Lala Bishen Das Bhalla. But unfortunately sometime in 1930's he became insolvent and his main property named "ULHAS RAI MARKET" in Batala was on auction and Lala Kishen Dayal Bhalla and Lala Bishen Das Bhalla Came to know the auction date and both the cousin's showed up at the auction and lot of other wealthy people's around Punjab and other places were present to bid the property and every one started bidding and after watching sometime Lala Kishen Dayal Bhalla raised his sliver walking stick and gave his bid not in figure's but said From his house door step to this Market door step (19 miles distance) set adjoining One Rupee silver coin in a row whatever the amount is that's my bid. Auctioneer became impatient and did not want to accept this bid. But Lala Kishen Dayal Bhalla told him it is up to you to figure it out the bid amount. Then after two hours discussion with his other collogues Auctioneer called of the auction and Lala Ulhas Rai got sometime extension to raise the funds to pay off his debts. so "ULHAS RAI MARKET" was not auctioned and Lala Ulhas Rai was so obligated to both the brothers but in reply Lala Kishen Dayal said it was not your reputation we are also part of it we both eat together knew each other so well and how we can sleep comfortably if our friend is in trouble.             

Lala Kishen Dayal Bhalla and his cousin Lala Bishen Das Bhalla in Year 1914  donated Cash Rs. 20,000/=and Land to District Board to upgrade existing Middle School to High School and then Punjab's  Lieutenant Governor Sir Michael O'dwyer acknowledge the donation and  built a High School for boys, which was named D.B. High School (District Board High School) (now is called Govt. High School) in Sri Hargobindpur, Dist. Gurdaspur, Punjab, India.


Lala Kishen Dayal Bhalla and his cousin Lala Bishen Das Bhalla in the memory of their mothers Smt. Karam Devi  and Smt. Uttam Devi had opened a charitable Kanya Pathshala (Girls Junior High School) with Home science courses in Sri Hargobindpur, Dist. Gurdaspur, Punjab, India.

Lala Kishen Dayal Bhalla and his cousin Lala Bishen Das Bhalla had opened a charitable Aushdalhya (dispensary) in the name of Kishen Dayal Bishen Das Dharm Arth Aushdalya in Sri Hargobindpur, Dist. Gurdaspur, Punjab, India.

During the Bengal Famine both the cousins Lala Kishen Dayal Bhalla and Lala Bishen Das Bhalla donated food grains which were stored in the deep well-like granaries (Bhallian da Khate) are a well-known sight at Sri Hargobindpur.   

Lala Kishen Dayal Bhalla in the memory of his 2nd wife Smt. Mehar Kaur he constructed a Ghati (Brick Stairs) On the banks of river Beas in Sri Hargobindpur, Dist. Gurdaspur, Punjab, India.

Lala Kishen Dayal Bhalla had established a wedding parties requirement and bought the utensils, cooking pots and all other requirements for 100 people including Vadi, Silver Mukat and Gulabdani etc  in Sri Hargobindpur, Dist.Gurdaspur, Punjab, India.

Lala Kishen Dayal Bhalla and his cousin Lala Bishen Das Bhalla and family presented a Kurta, Pajama and Shawl (Shirt, Pajama and Shawl) in the year 1906 to Swami Shradhanand Ji Religious leader, preacher of Arya Samaj and founder of Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidalaya and also Lala Bishen Das Bhalla promised swami ji he will donate his son Bhim Sain Bhalla to start and built Gurukul Kangri Vishwadalaya when he  visited Sri Hargobindpur, Dist. Gurdaspur, Punjab, India.

Pandit Bhim Sain Bhalla (Vidyalankar) youngest son of Lala Bishen Das Bhalla was born in Jammu on October 22, 1900. At the age of 6 in 1906 his father Lala Bishen Das Bhalla sent him to Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya Haridwar direct disciple of renowned Swami Shradhanand Ji. And in April 1921 Bhim Sain Ji earned his degree of “VIDYALANKAR.” Since then Bhim Sain Vidyalankar was always affectionately and reverentially addresses as “PANDIT JI” because he was a noted erudite Scholar of Vedas and other scriptures and ancient literary works. He was a zealot of Hindi Language and a proficient linguist, having knowledge of many Indian vernacular languages i.e. Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Urdu, Punjabi, Gurumakhi script. He was also well versed with English and French languages. Besides, his command on Sanskrit, mother of all languages, was per excellence. His cardinal mission in life was to propagate Hindi language, because he was of firm opinion that the above language, declared as National language of India could only unite and cement cultural bonds of love and induce unbreakable fraternal feeling among our countrymen.

In the year 1926, Pandit ji joined the faculty of National College, Lahore (Now in Pakistan) and taught Economics, History and Hindi language to the young entrants. Who include also Martyrs Bhagat Singh, and Sukhdev. Pandit ji ingrained in them the utmost love for motherland. His method of teaching endeared him to his students. Simple living and high thinking was the cornerstone of this great man. Whatever he preached he lived also. Above everything, he valued the Vedic tenets of Arya Samaj.

Pandit ji was a profound writer, journalist, Chief Editor of the paper Arya, being published by Arya Partinidhi Sabha Punjab and afterwards even edited Hindi News Paper Punjab Kesri etc, and also he was a freedom fighter. In 1930 he took a part fearlessly in the Salt Disobedience Movement of Gandhi ji with great gusto. He was imprisoned and passed six months in jail at Sharanpur and Gonda of Uttar Pradesh.

In June 1962, Pandit ji fell ill and there seemed no respite from the dreadful disease which doctors had diagnosed as Cancer. The life ebbed out of this great man on July 18, 1962 and he joined the Gods in Heaven, leaving behind sweet memories of him on this earth, in the hearts of whosoever had come in contact with him during his earthly sojourn.

For more information on Pandit ji’s life and about his family history Shmt. DR. Shanta Malhotra M.A. (PhD.) has written a Pandit ji’s biography (his daily diary notes) in Hindi. "SREYA MARG KE PATHIK BHIM SAIN VIDYALANKAR" I personally recommend / suggest to every member of "The Bhalla Clan of Sri Hargobindpur" to read the valuable information contained in this book about him and his / your family.

The book was published by K.K. Publications B-1770, Near State Bank of India, Jhagir Puri, Delhi - 110 033 Tele: 2745-7884, 2713-1835, 2746-684. Email: kkpevinder@yahoo.com

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