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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2022 — General Studies · Question 55 of 200

Q55
Indian National MovementLeaders & Personalities
Who enunciated his famous formula that 'Swaraj' must be for the 'masses' and not for the 'classes' alone?
  1. a.Motilal NEHRU
  2. b.Gandhiji
  3. c.Subhas Chandra Bose
  4. d.C. R. Das

Answer: (D) C. R. Das

C.R. Das (Chittaranjan Das), known as 'Deshbandhu', enunciated that Swaraj must be for the masses and not just the classes. He co-founded the Swaraj Party in 1923 with Motilal Nehru to contest elections from within the legislature. He was one of the most prominent Congress leaders of Bengal.