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Chittaranjan Das

1869 - 1925

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Chittaranjan Das (5 November 1870 – 16 June 1925), popularly called Deshbandhu (friend of the country), was a Bengali freedom fighter, political activist and lawyer during the Indian Independence Movement and mentor of Subhas Chandra Bose. He was the founder-leader of the Swaraj Party in undivided Bengal during the period of British Colonial rule in India. His name is abbreviated as C. R. Das. He was closely associated with a number of literary societies and wrote poems, apart from numerous articles and essays. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chittaranjan Das is the 3,571st most popular writer (down from 2,222nd in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Bangladesh (down from 14th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Bangladeshi Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Chittaranjan Das ranks 3,571 out of 7,302. Before him are Françoise Giroud, Castor of Rhodes, Barthold Heinrich Brockes, Tarafa, Gyula Krúdy, and Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso. After him are Russell Banks, Marilyn French, Aisha Taymur, Yuri Rytkheu, Thomas Corneille, and Musine Kokalari.

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Among people born in 1869, Chittaranjan Das ranks 99. Before him are Prince Baudouin of Belgium, Ellen Thesleff, George Forbes, Yervant Odian, Edwin Lutyens, and Mary Agnes Chase. After him are Henry Wood, Kijirō Nambu, Boris Rosing, Archduchess Karoline Marie of Austria, Georgette Leblanc, and Dmitri Egorov. Among people deceased in 1925, Chittaranjan Das ranks 97. Before him are Antonio Ascari, Konrad Mägi, Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, Leo Fall, Rudolf Schlechter, and Jules Méline. After him are Magnus Enckell, Giovanni Battista Grassi, George Bellows, Alfred Perot, Francisco Guilledo, and Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Chittaranjan Das ranks 26 out of 74. Before him are Mahasweta Devi (1926), Radhabinod Pal (1886), Begum Rokeya (1880), Patrick D'Rozario (1943), Shahabuddin Ahmed (1930), and Bipin Chandra Pal (1858). After him are S. D. Burman (1906), A. B. Bardhan (1924), Taslima Nasrin (1962), Tajuddin Ahmad (1925), Kamini Roy (1864), and Abdur Rahman Biswas (1926).

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Among WRITERS In Bangladesh

Among writers born in Bangladesh, Chittaranjan Das ranks 4. Before him are Sri Chinmoy (1931), Mahasweta Devi (1926), and Begum Rokeya (1880). After him are Taslima Nasrin (1962), Kamini Roy (1864), Humayun Ahmed (1948), Ahmed Sofa (1943), Sufia Kamal (1911), Shankha Ghosh (1932), Avijit Roy (1972), and Mamunul Haque (1973).

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