Q. Who among the following was the founder of Swaraj Party?
Answer: Motilal Nehru
Notes: In 1922, in the Gaya session of the Congress, C R Das moved a proposal to enter the legislatures but it was defeated. Das and other leaders broke away from the Congress and formed the Swaraj Party.C R Das was the President and the Secretary was Motilal Nehru. Prominent leaders of the Swaraj Party included N C Kelkar, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy and Subhas Chandra Bose. The following were the aims of Swaraj Party:

• Attaining dominion status
• Obtaining the right to frame a constitution
• Establishing control over the bureaucracy
• Obtaining full provincial autonomy
• Attaining Swarajya (self-rule)
• Getting people the right to control government machinery
• Organising industrial and agricultural labour
• Controlling the local and municipal bodies
• Having an agency for propaganda outside the country
• Establishing a federation of Asian countries to promote trade and commerce
• Engaging in the constructive programmes of the Congress