Chhaju Ram was born in the year 1861 in an ordinary Jat farming family of Alakhpura village in Bawani Khera tehsil of Bhiwani district, Haryana. His father Ch Salig Ram Lamba along with his two brothers had shifted to Alakhpura from the village Dhani Mahu. Chhaju Ram was the only boy of
this village who got enrolled in the primary
school of Bawani Khera, five miles away from his native village. Being a keen student, he always secured good marks. In 1877 he got scholarship in his 5th class and got admission in Government Middle
School, Bhiwani.
In 1880, he joined the Government High
School in Rewari.
He passed his matriculation in 1882. Being a quick learner, he gained proficiency in
Hindi, English, Sanskrit, Urdu and Mahajani. While studying in Rewari,
he also worked as a tutor earning Rs
6 per month.
Apart from getting several wells and dharamshalas built, Seth Chhaju Ram established the Arya Samaj Mandir in Calcutta. He also offered monetary help to various Arya Samaj
institutions in the country. His beneficiaries ranged from common villagers to national celebrities like Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore.
