Multiple choice

Which freedom fighter is commonly referred to as “Desh Bandhu”?

  1. Lala Lajpat Rai

  2. Chittaranjan Das

  3. Subhash Chandra Bose

  4. Chandra Shekhar Azad

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Chittaranjan Das 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. He brought out a newspaper called 'Forward' and later changed its name to 'Liberty' to fight the British Raj. He is generally referred to by the honorific as Desh Bandhu meaning "Friend of the nation".