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Servants of the
People Society was founded by Lala Lajpat Rai in his
house, Lajpat Bhawan, 2 Court street, Lahore in 1921.It
was formally inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi on 9th
November 1921. After partition of the country in 1947,
it was shifted to Delhi. The construction of Lajpat
Bhawan at Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi -24 was started
in 1956.Its foundation stone was laid by Dr. Rajendra
Prasad, the first President if India.
The objective of the Society is to enlist and train
national missionaries for the service of the motherland.
The Society works for the educational, cultural, social,
economic and political advancement of the country.
The function of the Head Office of the Society is
to hold meetings of the General Body, Executive Council,
Standing Committee and to discuss and decide about
the policies, programmes of the Society. It also controls
the finance and properties of the Society including
its 17 branches/centers located at different important
cities in the country.
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