Swaraj Party, a political party of colonial India, was organized in 1923 by Deshbandhu Chitaranjan Das (1870-1925) and Motilal Nehru (1861-1931), to participate in legislative councils. It soon acquired the status of the parliamentary wing of the Indian National Congress. Swaraj Party put forth the idea of a Constituent Assembly to frame a constitution of India. The British Raj is an informal term for the British colonial administration of most of the Indian subcontinent, or present-day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, also included from 1886 was Burma. ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Motilal Nehru (May 6, 1861 - February 6, 1931) was an Indian nationalist political figure. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Indian National Congress (also known as the Congress Party) is the largest subscription-based organisation in the world. ...
The SwarajParty was a political party in India that sought greater self-government and political freedoms for the Indian people from the British Raj.
The SwarajParty was formed by Indian politicians and members of the Indian National Congress who had opposed Mahatma Gandhi's suspension of all civil resistance in 1922 in response to the Chauri Chaura tragedy, where policemen were killed by a mob of protestors.
In this tumultuous period, the SwarajParty was defunct as its members quietly dissolved into the Congress fold.
With the ascent of Mahatma Gandhi in 1918, Nehru was one of the first to transform his life (and considering his age, wealth and long-time Anglicized habits, a quite remarkable achievement) to exclude western clothes and material goods, and adopt a more native Indian lifestyle.
Although initially close to Gandhi, he openly criticized Gandhi's suspension of civil resistance in 1922 due to the murder of policemen by a nationalist mob in Chauri Chaura.
It was endorsed by the Congress Party, but rejected by more radical Indians who sought complete independence, and by many Muslims who didn't feel their interests, concerns and rights were properly represented.
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