Chittaranjan Das

E111951

Chittaranjan Das was a prominent Indian freedom fighter, lawyer, and political leader known for defending nationalist revolutionaries and leading the Indian National Congress in the early 20th century struggle against British rule.

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Chittaranjan Das canonical 16
Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian independence activist
barrister
human
lawyer
nationalist leader
politician
advocated Hindu–Muslim unity
Swaraj within the British Empire
alias C. R. Das
Deshbandhu
burialPlace Calcutta
causeOfDeath illness
child Bani Das
Chittaprosad Das
Basanti Devi
surface form: Kalyani Devi
coFounded Swaraj Party
coFounderWith Motilal Nehru
N. C. Kelkar
commemoratedBy Chittaranjan Avenue in Kolkata
Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi
Deshbandhu Park in Kolkata
countryOfCitizenship British India
dateOfBirth 1870-11-05
dateOfDeath 1925-06-16
educatedAt Inner Temple
Presidency College, Kolkata
surface form: Presidency College, Calcutta

University of Calcutta
ethnicGroup Bengali
fieldOfWork Indian nationalism
constitutional law
founded Swaraj Party
surface form: Bengal Provincial Swaraj Party
fullName Chittaranjan Das self-link
honorificMeaning Deshbandhu
surface form: Deshbandhu means Friend of the Nation
knownFor advocacy of Swaraj through council entry
defence of Aurobindo Ghose in the Alipore Bomb Case
defending nationalist revolutionaries in political trials
leadership in the Non-Cooperation Movement in Bengal
memberOf Indian National Congress
occupation journalist
lawyer
politician
writer
placeOfBirth Bengal Presidency
British India
Calcutta
placeOfDeath Bengal Presidency
British India
Darjeeling
politicalMovement Indian independence movement
positionHeld Chief Executive Officer of the Calcutta Corporation
Leader of the Swaraj Party
Mayor of Calcutta
President of the Indian National Congress
publisherOf The Forward
surface form: Forward (newspaper)

Liberty (newspaper)
religion Hinduism
residence Calcutta
spouse Basanti Devi
startTime 1921
supported Non-Cooperation Movement

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Swadeshi movement keyPerson Chittaranjan Das
Bengal Presidency significantPerson Chittaranjan Das
C. R. Das fullName Chittaranjan Das
Alipore Jail notablePrisoner Chittaranjan Das
this entity surface form: Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das
Chittaranjan Das fullName Chittaranjan Das self-link
Deshbandhu refersTo Chittaranjan Das
Deshbandhu notableBearer Chittaranjan Das
Deshbandhu knownAs Chittaranjan Das
subject surface form: Chittaranjan Das
this entity surface form: Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das
Swaraj Party foundedBy Chittaranjan Das
Swaraj Party leader Chittaranjan Das
Basanti Devi spouse Chittaranjan Das
Chittaranjan fullName Chittaranjan Das
subject surface form: Chittaranjan Das
Bani father Chittaranjan Das
Bani notableFamilyMember Chittaranjan Das
Chittaranjan Das Jr. father Chittaranjan Das
Chittaranjan Das Jr. notableRelative Chittaranjan Das