Yamunanagar, April 14 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday lauded Kerala-born lawyer Chettur Sankaran Nair for his brave fight against the Britishers after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

"The entire nation celebrated Baisakhi yesterday, but it also marked 106 years of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. We pay homage to those who lost their lives during the massacre. There is another aspect to it, which was thrown in darkness. This aspect is 'manavta ke saath, desh ke saath khade hone ka buland jazbe ka. Is jazbe ka naam hai Sankaran Nair.' Not many know him, but lately, a lot of conversations are happening around him. He was a renowned lawyer and in those days, he held a very big post in the British era," PM Modi said while addressing a...