Swaraj Party

The Swaraj Party, Swarajaya Party or Swarajya Party, established as the Congress-Khilafat Swarajaya Party, was a political party formed in India in January 1923 after Gaya annual conference in Dec.1922 of Indian national congress,that sought greater self-government and political freedom for the Indian people from the British Raj. It was inspired by the concept of Swaraj. In Hindi and many other languages of India, swaraj means "independence" or "self-rule" The main leaders were Motilal Nehru, C.R. Das etc.

Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das thought of contesting elections to enter the legislative council with a view to obstructing the government. Many candidates of the swaraj party got elected to the central legislative assembly and provincial legislative council in the 1923 elections. In the legislature they strongly opposed the unjust government policies.

The establishment of fully responsible government for India. Convening of a round table conference to resolve the problems of Indians. Releasing of certain political prisoners, were the resolutions in the central legislative council.

Swaraj Party (Burma)

The Swaraj Party (Burmese: ဆွာရပ်ဂျ်ပါတီ) was a political party in Burma in the 1920s.

History

The party was formed by former members of the General Council of Burmese Associations prior to the 1925 elections, and was named after the Indian Swaraj Party. Its leadership included Ba Maw, N. C. Bannerjee and U Tok Kyi, who was head of the party. After his death he was succeeded by U Paw Tun.

In the 1925 elections the party won nine seats. In 1926 or 1927 it merged with the Nationalist Party and the Home Rule Party to form the People's Party. Following the dissolution of the People's Party in the early 1930s, most of the former Swaraj Party leadership joined the Anti-Separation League.

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