Sir Gokul Chand

Sir Gokul Chand was a prominent citizen of Lahore who had great reverence for Shri Nathji. He was present on Shri Nathji’s wedding in Lahore on 7^th of May 1939. He also attended some of Shri Nathji’s birthday celebrations like the one at the Majestic Cinema hall on 22^nd of June 1950 at Mussoorie.

Sir Gokul Chand Narang (1878-1969) was born in a Khatri family of modest means, a family typical of the middle classes of Lahore whose values were moulded by the Arya Samaj. In 1896, after completing his primary schooling, he proceeded to the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic School, Lahore, where Hans Raj recognized him as a youth of exceptional promise, and nursed him as a future leader of the community. After a brief spell of teaching at Lahore, Gokul Chand proceeded to England to study law. On returning to India in 1911 he set himself up as a barrister, and within a short space of time he became one of the leading members of the bar in Lahore. He was short in stature and rugged in build, and he possessed an intellect which was more forceful than it was subtle. He was also endowed with the qualities of shrewdness and enterprise and with a supreme ability to look upon men and events with a vision unclouded by mawkishness or sentimentality. His connections with the Arya Samaj and his success in the legal profession encouraged Gokul Chand to venture into business and politics, and by the end of the First World War he had established himself as a leading figure in Lahore. A National Reform Party was formed by Sir Gokul Chand Narang and Raja Narendra Nath. In 1908 he started the first Suger Mill in the state of Utter Pradesh. Today his Narag Droup of industries in a leading business house with investments in several business and is led by his grandson  Devin Narang, who was born in London 1963 and Sanjay Narang. But he is most recognised as an author. His most famous book was: Transformation of Sikhism. This is one of the most authentic books on Sikhism. His other popular books were: Message of the Vedas and Transition of Sikhism into a Political Organisation.