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Tribute to Chitranjan Das on his Birth Anniversary

Parliamentarians paid tributes to Chittaranjan Das on his Birth Anniversary.

Sakshi Gupta Published On November 6th, 2024 Leave a comment

About Chitranjan Das (CR Das)

CR Das popularly known as Deshbandhu, was a prominent Indian freedom fighter, political activist and lawyer.
He was born on November 5, 1870, in Calcutta and passed away on June 16, 1925.
Das gained prominence as a defence lawyer, defending Sri Aurobindo Ghosh in the Alipore bomb case in 1909.
He joined the Indian National Congress (INC) in 1906, and was a key figure during the Non-Cooperation Movement (1919-1922).
He was the President of the Gaya Session of the Indian National Congress held in 1922.
He served as the first mayor of Calcutta & was political guru of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
He founded the Swaraj Party in 1923 along with Motilal Nehru.

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