Chittaranjan Das
Chittaranjan Das | |
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| Born | 5 November 1870 Calcutta, Bengal, British India |
| Died | 16 June 1925 (aged 54) Darjeeling, Bengal, British India |
| Other names | Deshbandhu |
| Alma mater | Middle Temple |
| Occupation(s) | Freedom fighter, politician, lawyer, educationist, author, poet |
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| Movement | Anushilan Samiti Indian Independence movement |
| Spouse | Basanti Devi |
| Children | 3 |
Chittaranjan Das (5 November 1870 – 16 June 1925), popularly called Deshbandhu (friend of the country), was a Bengali freedom fighter, political activist and lawyer during the Indian Independence Movement and the political guru of Indian freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. He was the founder-leader of the Swaraj Party in undivided Bengal during the period of British Colonial rule in India. His name is abbreviated as C. R. Das. He was closely associated with a number of literary societies and wrote poems, apart from numerous articles and essays.