Lalai Singh Yadav

Periyar Lalai Singh Baudh (born:Lalai Singh Yadav) was a policeman who became a social justice activist and play writer.[1] He wrote plays like Shambhuk Vadh. He translated Periyar E. V. Ramasamy's The Key To Understanding True Ramayan from Tamil to Hindi as Sachi Ramayan Ki Chabi.[2][3][4] In 1962, he wrote a book entitled Baman Vadi Rajya Mein Shoshito Par Rajnaitik Dakaiti.[5] He fought a free speech case against the UP Government on his book ban.[6][7][8][9][10][11]

Lalai Singh Yadav
Born1 September 1921
Kathara, Kanpur Dehat district, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died7 February 1993
LanguageHindi
NationalityIndian

Literary works

Apart from translating True Ramayan, he wrote 5 plays as well, including one on Aṅgulimāla, Shambuka, and Ekalavya. [12][13]

References
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  5. Yadav, Lalai Singh (1962). Baman Vadi Rajya Mein Shoshito Par Rajnaitik Dakaiti. Ashok Pustakalaya Jhinjhak.
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  8. "Had The Constitution Specified A Right To Free Press, Prior Restraints On It Could Have Become Impossible, Says Author And Advocate, Abhinav Chandrachud | Live Law". Live Law. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  9. Shutler, Nolan (2011). In Defence of Journalists. Socio Legal Information Cent. ISBN 9788189479749.
  10. Bhatia, Gautam (14 January 2016). Offend, Shock, or Disturb: Free Speech under the Indian Constitution. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199089529.
  11. दलित दस्तक (5 September 2017), Periyar E.V Ramasami and Lalai singh story, retrieved 20 May 2018
  12. पेरियार ललई सिंह यादव को याद करते हुए http://velivada.com/2017/09/01/remembering-lalai-periyar-singh-yadav/
  13. These unsung Dalit writers fuelled BSP's culture politics https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/these-unsung-dalit-writers-fuelled-bsps-culture-politics/articleshow/55151155.cms
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