This is virtually the first time that Pt. Pearay Mohan Dattatreya’s classic, first published in Lahore in 1920, which was immediately proscribed and confiscated by the British rulers, is being made available. This is a complete, unabridged edition with a slightly modified title, since the original title – An Imaginary Rebellion and How It was Suppressed – might convey little to the reader today. The book is a virtual encyclopaedia on the Punjab under martial law in 1919, and not just about Jallianwala Bagh. The publication of this classic, eighty years after it was suppressed by the frightened colonial regime, should be warmly welcomed by all interested in the events, that proved to be a turning-point in the history of the freedom movement.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Pandit Pearay Mohan
When Pt. Pearay Mohan Dattatreya died on 23rd Decembt, 1936, at Lahore at the young age of 41, The Hindustan Times of Delhi called him “a great journalistâ€. Son of the distinguished Urdu and Persian scholar and poet, Pt. Brij Mohan Dattatreya “Kaifiâ€, Pearay Mohan was born in 1895. After leaving school, he joined the Government College, Lahore from where he graduated in 1915. A brilliant student, he took his law degree in 1917. But soon after the publication of his book on Martial Law in Punjab, he joined The Tribune in November 1920 and by sheer dint of ability rose to become senior assistant editor of the paper. A staunch nationalist and patriot, he was connected with Congress and many other organizations. At the time of his untimely death at the age of 41, he was contemplating to seek election to the Provincial Assembly on the Congress ticket.
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