Chittaranjan Das
Chittaranjan Das ( Bengali চিত্তরঞ্জন দাস Cittarañjan Dās ; born November 5, 1870 in Kolkata , † June 16, 1925 in Darjiling ) was a Bengali lawyer and politician of the Indian independence movement. He was dubbed Deshbandhu ("friend of the country") by his followers . He was a member and president of the Indian National Congress .
Life
After training in England, Chittaranjan Das began his career in 1909 with the successful defense of Aurobindo Ghosh in the proceedings for his involvement in a bomb attack in Alipur (South Kolkata ) the previous year.
During the campaign of non-cooperation from 1919 to 1922 he was one of the leading supporters. He initiated first with Mahatma Gandhi to boycott British clothes and wore native Khadi -Clothes after he had destroyed his European matters. Together with Motilal Nehru , however, he later founded the Swaraj Party as a platform for expressing his non-moderate views in the fight against British colonial rule .
Chittaranjan Das was editor of the Forward (later Liberty ) newspaper and first mayor of Calcutta Corporation . He chaired the Indian National Congress in Gaya in 1922 . His health was in poor health throughout his political career.
He was an advocate of non-violent, constitutional independence. Subhash Chandra Bose is one of his political students .
The Chittaranjan Locomotive Works was named after him in his honor.
Web links
- biography
- on the issue of a stamp by the Indian Post on the occasion of his 95th birthday
- Newspaper article about Chittaranjan Das in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | That, Chittaranjan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Deshbandhu, Chittaranjan; চিত্তরঞ্জন দাস (bnS) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bengali lawyer and politician of the Indian independence movement |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 5, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kolkata |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 16, 1925 |
| Place of death | Darjiling |