Chhakravarti Rajagopalachari aka. Rajaji (1879-1972)

Chhakravarti Rajagopalachari aka. Rajaji (1879-1972)

  • He was a politician and lawyer from Tamil Nadu.
  • He gave up his practice during NCM.
  • He held the post of the General-Secretary of the INC in 1921-1922 and was a member of Congress Working Committee from 1922 to 1924.
  • He defended Indian Independence activist, P. Varadarajulu Naidu against charges of sedition in 1917.
  • He hoisted the CDM in Tamil Nadu and was arrested for leading a Salt March from Trichinopoly to Vedaranniyam on the Tanjore coast.
  • He was also involved in the Vaikom Satyagraha movement against untouchability
  • He was elected as the Chief Minister of Madras in 1937 Elections.
  • He resigned from INC in 1942 for not accepting the Cripp’s Proposal.
  • He prepared the CR Formula for Congress-League Co-operation.
  • He served as the Governor of Bengal (August-November 1947) and was the first and last Indian Governor-General of India (1948-50).
  • He became the Minister of Home Affairs in the country’s first Cabinet.
  • He founded the Swatantra Party in 1959.
  • His rational ideas are reflected in the collection Satyameva Jayate.
  • He was awarded the ‘Bharat Ratna' in 1954.

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