| Name
/ Title |
Sir NARAYAN GANESH (N.G.) CHANDAVARKAR |
| Date of
Birth |
December 02, 1855 |
| Date of
Death |
May 14 1923 |
| Identity |
An
early Indian National Congress politician and
Hindu reformer. |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
|
| General |
- He was regarded by some as the "leading
Hindu reformer of western India".
- He was elected the president of the
annual session of the Indian National Congress in 1900 .
- He took a break from politics for the
next twelve years and devoted his time to the
judicial system and various social
groups till 1913.
- He was knighted in the 1910 New Year
Honours List.
- He returned to politics in 1914.
- In 1918 Congress was divided into two
camps.
- Chandavarkar became the head of the All-India
Moderates Conference in 1918 along with
Surendranath Banerjea and Dinshaw Wacha.
- In 1920 "he presided over the public meeting
held in Bombay to protest against the report of the
Hunter Committee on the Jallianwala Bagh
atrocities which was appointed by the Government of
India.
- Mahatma Gandhi was inspired by this to move a resolution
on the topic. Later, on Chandavarkar's advice, Gandhi
called off his Civil Disobedience campaign
in 1921.
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