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 Legislative Assembly
surface form: 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 Swaraj Party self-linksurface differs
surface form: Congress-Khilafat 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
S. Srinivasa Iyengar
surface form: Srinivasa Iyengar

Vithalbhai Patel
mergedInto Indian National Congress
namedAfter Swaraj
notableEvent Vithalbhai Patel
surface form: Vithalbhai Patel became President of the Central Legislative Assembly

won significant seats in 1923 legislative council elections
opposedLegislation repressive colonial bills in councils
opposedPolicyOf non-cooperation with councils after 1922
opposedTo British India
surface form: British Raj
parentOrganization Indian National Congress
partOf Indian independence movement
politicalPosition pro-independence
region British India
shortName Swaraj Party self-linksurface differs
surface form: Swarajist 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 Swaraj Party
this entity surface form: Bengal Provincial Swaraj Party
K. M. Munshi memberOf Swaraj Party
Swaraj movement associatedWith Swaraj Party
Deshbandhu founded Swaraj Party
subject surface form: Chittaranjan Das
Deshbandhu associatedWith Swaraj Party
subject surface form: Chittaranjan Das
Swaraj Party formedAs Swaraj Party self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Congress-Khilafat Swaraj Party
Swaraj Party shortName Swaraj Party self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Swarajist Party
Basanti Devi associatedWith Swaraj Party
Chittaranjan politicalParty Swaraj Party
subject surface form: Chittaranjan Das