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Jawahar Lal Nehru Post Graduate College, Etah

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We care- a movement promoted by the families of late Shri Kundan Lal
ji and late Shri Hoti Lal Das.

Shri Hoti lal Das born in Colonial India was a freedom fighter from Etah District
of State of Uttar Pradesh. Actively involved in the Freedom Movement of India, he ran away from home at the age of eleven and joined the Mahatma Gandhi movement and fought for the freedom of the country along side of Nationalists such as Shri Govind Vallabh Pant, Shri Jawaharlal Nehru, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, Shri C.B Gupta and Chowdhry Charan Singh etc.

Gurukul, Etah

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The British imprisoned him twice, once –for a period of six months and again for a period of one-year rigorous imprisonment. In prison he read extensively and came to appreciate the necessity of education.

In Independent India, he was a member of the legislative Council and became a Member of the Legislative Assembly also He was elected Chairman of the District Municipal Board twice. Some of his other contributions were:

         
  • Set up a Sindhi Colony in Etah…for
    the refugees from Pakistan.
  • Set up Dharamshalas (Guesthouses) for the most
    downtrodden of Society the scheduled caste/Tribe
  • Donated the Entire land for the Establishment of a
    Postgraduate college in Etah the only one in the District-Jawaharlal Nehru Post Graduate College.
  • Helped in establishing the Gandhi Smarak Inter College at Etah
  • Helped setup a "Gurukul In Etah"

Shri Gandhi Smarak College,Etah

SRK Girl’s High School, Kotla
(Built in the Fort of the Maharaja of Kotla)

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Shri Kundan Lal ji, an uneducated self made man born in Colonial India, realized the importance of education only too well. A philanthropist and a visionary he realized that the future of India lay in an Educated India. Post Independence he bought the fort and residence of The Maharaja of Kotla and established a girl’s school in the Fort and an Inter College in the residence of the Maharaja by the name of S.R.K. Inter College. He donated generously towards the causes of the down

SRK Inter College,Kotla

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trodden and towards the needs of other institutions. The funds for the Main Auditorium at Mahatma Gandhi Degree College Ferozabad were made available by him.

Environment- was another of his concerns. He planted trees extensively and donated generously for the cause. He planted orchards and developed parks.

To carry on this good work and extend it further in today’s context….a society ..` WE CARE `was formed by like minded people who work together for the aims and objectives enunciated later. India got political freedom from the British in 1947 and became a republic in 1950. Through our constitution we promised ourselves that we would secure freedom of thought, expression and

The Auditorium at Mahatma Gandhi Girl’s
degree College, Firozabad

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belief as well as from socio economic bondage. However, it is a matter of common knowledge we Indians do not have true and complete freedom due to our callous attitude towards our rights and duties. This has led to a rapid decay of the system and has created multifarious problems like over population, illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, bonded/child labour, poor health, discrimination

Amla Orchard:
“Technical know how provided by We Care"

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against women, bad law and order, weak judiciary, corruption, crime, pollution etc. which are manifestations of the distortions that we find in our system. It is to fight and correct this system that we set up an association of concerned people to build our economy and nation strong.

Pollution is a special matter of concern.

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