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Who was the founder of Swathanthra Party?

  1. C. Rajagopalachari

  2. Jawaharlal Nehru

  3. Khan Abdul Gafar Khan

  4. Rabindranath Tagore

  5. Subhas Chandra Bose
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C. Rajagopalachari (Rajaji) founded the Swatantra Party in 1959 as a liberal alternative to the Congress Party's socialist policies. The party advocated for free enterprise, civil liberties, and limited government, becoming the primary opposition party in several states during the 1960s. Rajaji, the first Indian Governor-General, broke with Congress over ideological differences.

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