Chittaranjan Das
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Chittaranjan Das
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| Born | 5 November 1869 |
| Died | 16 June 1925 (aged 55) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Lawyer (Barrister) |
| Known for | Major figure in the Indian independence movement |
| Title | Deshbandhu ("Friend of the nation") |
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Anushilan Samiti Indian Independence movement |
| Spouse(s) | Basanti Devi |
| Relatives | Siddhartha Shankar Ray (grandson) |
Chittaranjan Das 
pronunciation (C. R. Das) (Bengali: চিত্তরঞ্জন দাশ Chittorônjon Dash) (popularly called Deshbandhu "Friend of the country") (5 November 1869 – 16 June 1925) was an Indian politician and Founder-leader of the Swaraj (Independence) Party in Bengal under British rule.
He belonged to the famous (Baidya-Brahmin), in Bikrampur, Dhaka (now in Bangladesh). He was the son of Bhuban Mohan Das, and nephew of the Brahmo social reformer Durga Mohan Das. Some of his cousins were Satish Ranjan Das, Sudhi Ranjan Das, Sarala Roy and Lady Abala Bose. His eldest grandson was Siddhartha Shankar Ray and his granddaughter is Justice Manjula Bose.
Educated in England, where he became a barrister, his public career began in 1909 when he successfully defended Aurobindo Ghosh on charges of involvement in the previous year's Alipore bomb case. In his Uttarpara speech, Aurobindo gratefully acknowledged that Chittaranjan Das broke his health to save him.
He was a leading figure in Bengal during the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1919-1922, and initiated the ban on British clothes, setting an example by burning his own European clothes and wearing Khadi clothes. At one time, his clothes were tailored and washed in Paris and he maintained a permanent laundry in Paris to ship his clothes to Calcutta. He sacrificed all this luxury when he became attached to the Freedom Movement.
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