Swaraj Party

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The Swaraj Party was an Indian political party founded in 1923 by leaders like C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru to enter legislative councils and obstruct colonial governance from within as part of the freedom struggle against British rule.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Swaraj Party canonical 12
Bengal Provincial Swaraj Party 1
Congress-Khilafat Swaraj Party 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian political party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
activeIn Central Legislative Assembly ⓘ
provincial legislative councils ⓘ
aim attain self-government within the British Empire ⓘ
obstruct colonial governance from within legislative councils ⓘ
alliedWith Indian National Congress ⓘ
country India ⓘ
declineBegan after death of C. R. Das in 1925 ⓘ
dissolved late 1920s ⓘ
formedAs Congress-Khilafat Swaraj Party ⓘ
linked to: Swaraj Party
founded 1923 ⓘ
foundedBy Chittaranjan Das ⓘ
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy ⓘ
Motilal Nehru ⓘ
N. C. Kelkar ⓘ
Vithalbhai Patel ⓘ
foundedIn Allahabad ⓘ
hadInternalFaction no-changers ⓘ
pro-changers ⓘ
historicalEra British colonial period in India ⓘ
ideology Indian nationalism ⓘ
Swaraj ⓘ
influenced Congress strategy on council entry ⓘ
languageOfPolitics English ⓘ
leader Chittaranjan Das ⓘ
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy ⓘ
Motilal Nehru ⓘ
N. C. Kelkar ⓘ
N. M. Joshi ⓘ
Srinivasa Iyengar ⓘ
Vithalbhai Patel ⓘ
mergedInto Indian National Congress ⓘ
namedAfter Swaraj ⓘ
notableEvent Vithalbhai Patel became President of the Central Legislative Assembly ⓘ
linked to: Vithalbhai Patel

won significant seats in 1923 legislative council elections ⓘ
opposedLegislation repressive colonial bills in councils ⓘ
opposedPolicyOf non-cooperation with councils after 1922 ⓘ
opposedTo British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British India
parentOrganization Indian National Congress ⓘ
partOf Indian independence movement ⓘ
politicalPosition pro-independence ⓘ
region British India ⓘ
shortName Swarajist Party ⓘ
linked to: Swaraj Party
strategy council entry ⓘ
obstructionist tactics in legislatures ⓘ
supportedMovement civil liberties in colonial India ⓘ
supportedPolicyOf using councils to fight colonial rule ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

C. R. Das → politicalParty → Swaraj Party ⓘ
C. R. Das → coFounderOf → Swaraj Party ⓘ
C. R. Das → founded → Swaraj Party ⓘ
Chittaranjan Das → coFounded → Swaraj Party ⓘ
Chittaranjan Das → founded → Bengal Provincial Swaraj Party ⓘ
linked to: Swaraj Party
K. M. Munshi → memberOf → Swaraj Party ⓘ
Swaraj movement → associatedWith → Swaraj Party ⓘ
Chittaranjan Das → founded → Swaraj Party ⓘ
subject linked to: Deshbandhu
Chittaranjan Das → associatedWith → Swaraj Party ⓘ
subject linked to: Deshbandhu
Swaraj Party → formedAs → Congress-Khilafat Swaraj Party ⓘ
linked to: Swaraj Party
Swaraj Party → shortName → Swarajist Party ⓘ
linked to: Swaraj Party
Basanti Devi → associatedWith → Swaraj Party ⓘ
Chittaranjan Das → politicalParty → Swaraj Party ⓘ
subject linked to: Chittaranjan