CHITTARANJAN DAS:
Date of birth: 25th November, 1870 date of death: 16th June, 1925
Cittaranjan Das (popularly called as Deshabandhu) was a Bengali lawyer and a major figure in the national movement. Educated in England, his public career began in 1909 when he successfully defended Aurobindo Ghosh on charges of involvement in the previous year’s Alipore Bomb case. He was a leading figure in Bengal during the Non co-operation movement of 1920-22 and initiated the ban on British clothes, setting an example by burning his own European clothes and taking up ‘desi’ Khadi clothes. With Motilal Nehru, he founded the Swaraj Party to express his non- moderate opinions. He brought out a news paper called ‘Forward’ and later changed its name to ‘Liberty’ to fight the British. When the Calcutta Corporation was formed, he became its first Mayor. He presided over the Gaya session of Indian National Congress.
Chittaranjan Das Indian Freedom Fighter
Date of birth: 25th November, 1870 date of death: 16th June, 1925
Cittaranjan Das (popularly called as Deshabandhu) was a Bengali lawyer and a major figure in the national movement. Educated in England, his public career began in 1909 when he successfully defended Aurobindo Ghosh on charges of involvement in the previous year’s Alipore Bomb case. He was a leading figure in Bengal during the Non co-operation movement of 1920-22 and initiated the ban on British clothes, setting an example by burning his own European clothes and taking up ‘desi’ Khadi clothes. With Motilal Nehru, he founded the Swaraj Party to express his non- moderate opinions. He brought out a news paper called ‘Forward’ and later changed its name to ‘Liberty’ to fight the British. When the Calcutta Corporation was formed, he became its first Mayor. He presided over the Gaya session of Indian National Congress.
Chittaranjan Das Indian Freedom Fighter
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