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.