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 11
Bengal Provincial Swaraj Party 1
Congress-Khilafat Swaraj Party 1

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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

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Referenced by (14)

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