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Chittaranjan Das
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Chittaranjan Das was a male Bengali barrister, writer, politician, and freedom fighter who held citizenship in the British Raj. Born in Bikrampur on November 5, 1870, he was educated at Presidency University. He was a member of the Indian National Congress and was married to Basanti Devi. Das died on June 16, 1925.
He wrote in Bangla, the language he also spoke. His literary output includes 74 works, with notable titles such as *Life of Thoughts*, *Studies in medieval religion and literature of Orissa*, *Purna Eakatara Yoga*, *Gandhi and modern times*, and *Mā nishāda*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 74
Top works
- Life of Thoughts
- Studies in medieval religion and literature of Orissa
- Purna Eakatara Yoga
- Gandhi and modern times
- Mā nishāda
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1870-11-05 ) 5 November 1870, Calcutta , Bengal, British India
- Died
- 16 June 1925 (1925-06-16) (aged 54), Darjeeling , Bengal, British India
- Other name
- Deshbandhu
- Alma mater
- Middle Temple
- Occupations
- Freedom fighter, politician, lawyer , educationist, author, poet
- Political party
- Indian National Congress (Before 1923) Swaraj Party (1923–1925)
- Movement
- Anushilan Samiti , Indian Independence movement
- Spouse
- Basanti Devi
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- British Raj
- Place of birth
- Bikrampur
- Spouse
- Basanti Devi
- Occupation
- poet
- Educated at
- Presidency University
- Political party
- Indian National Congress
- Languages spoken
- Bangla
- Native language
- Bangla
- Image
- Chittaranjan Das 3.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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 mentor of 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.
Early life
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