He left his post in 1912 , returning to Lahore to practice law . Following the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919 he was arrested on the basis of his role as a trustee of The Tribune newspaper and held in a jail for a month without charge . In 1920 he entered politics as a member of the provincial legislature from the university constituency . Governor Sir Malcolm Hailey appointed him as Education Minister in 1927 and he remained in the post until 1931 . In 1937 he was appointed Finance Minister in the Unionist government of Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan . In 1939 he represented the Indian Empire as a delegate to League of Nations and was made a Knight Bachelor in 1941 . He lost his seat at the 1946 elections
Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Manohar Lal (economist)