Madan Lal Dhingra was born on February 18, 1883[1] to a prosperous Hindu family in the province of Punjab. His father Ditta Mal was a wealthy civil surgeon[1]. Dhingra's family wereloyalists of the British, and disowned him after his expulsion from college in Lahore owing to illicit political activities. Dhingra had to work as a clerk, a Tonga (rickshaw) puller, and afactory labourer. Dhingra attempted to organize a union there, but was sacked. He worked for sometime in Bombay, before acting upon the advice of his elder brother and going to England for higher studies. In 1906, Madan Lal departed for England to enroll at University College [disambiguation needed], London, to study Mechanical Engineering. He was supported by his elder brother and some nationalist activists in England.
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