Short notes on Chhakravarti Rajagopalachari
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Chhakravarti Rajagopalachari (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 hoisted the CDM in Tamil Nadu and was arrested for leading a Salt March from Trichinapoly to Vedaranniyam on the Tanjore coast.
- He was elected as the Cheif Minister of Madras in 1937 election.
- 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 Governor of Bengal (August-November 1947) and was the first and last indian Governor-General of India (1948-50).
- He became the Minister 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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