Question

The main founder(s) of the Swaraj Party was/were _______.

(A) CR Das

(B) Motilal Nehru

(C) Madan Mohan Malviya

(D) Both (A) and (B)

Answer 1

Hint: On January 1, 1923, the "Swaraj Party" was inaugurated. The main objective of the group was to oppose the election of the New Constitutional Council in 1923 and, once in office, to disrupt official policy and disrupt the Raj (British government in India) with anti-government riots within council chambers.

Complete Answer:

The name of the group is derived from the word swaraj, meaning “independence,” which was widely used in the British liberation movement. The Swarajists won more than 40 seats in the General Assembly in 1923, but their numbers were not enough to prevent the British from passing a law they wished or believed was necessary to maintain order in India. By 1927 the group had disbanded. Considered by Das and Nehru, the goals of the Swaraj Party, as it was called, were to gain power in India and the right to form a constitution that would give independence to the country. To achieve these goals the group needed internal guidance from the national organization.

Additional Information: The Swaraj faction was formed on January 9, 1923 by Indian politicians and members of the Indian National Congress who opposed the suspension of Mahatma in a public protest on 12 February 1922 in response to the Chauri Chaura tragedy, in which police killed a mob.

So, the correct answer is (D) - Both (A) and (B).

Note: The Swaraj Party was formed as the Congress-Khilafat Swaraj Party. It was a political party formed in India in January 1923 after the annual Gaya conference in December 1922 of the National Congress, which demanded greater independence and political freedom for the Indian people from the British Raj.