Question

Short notes on Chhakravarti Rajagopalachari

Answer 1

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.