Chittaranjan Das(Deshbandhu) : A poet who was an Indian freedom fighter

We cannot forget that we live and we have been living for many years in the midst of an empire.

We cannot forget that the different provinces of India are gradually coming closer to one another and a new nationality which comprises not only the different provinces but the whole of India is growing up in our midst and we cannot forget that our interests,

even our selfish interests, our hopes, our ambitions are indissolubly connected with the interest of the empire.

-Chittaranjan Das 

C. R. Das or Chittaranjan Das was born on the 5th of November 1870 and is known famously by the name Deshbandhu (Friend of the Nation). He was an Indian freedom fighter, political activist, and lawyer during the Indian Independence movement.

He was also the founder leader of the Swaraj Party(Independence party) in Bengal during the period of British colonial rule in India.

HIS CAREER AS A POET

Chittaranjan Das evolved as a Bengali poet, during the troubled days of the National movement when he published the first 2 volumes of his collection of poems titled "Malancha" and "Mala". In the year 1913, he had published "Sagar Sangeet" (The Songs of the Sea). His poems generally possess the additional interest of a highly illuminating spiritual documentary.’

                     Songs of the Sea                      

       O thou unhoped-for elusive wonder of the skies,