▁independence ▁movement , ▁and ▁helped ▁freedom ▁f igh ters ▁like ▁Ar una ▁As af ▁Ali . ▁He ▁started ▁the ▁Ch anger ' s ▁Club ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 4 , ▁members ▁of ▁which ▁included ▁Lak sh mi ▁Ch and ▁J ain , ▁Raj ▁Kr ish na , ▁Gir il al ▁J ain ▁and ▁historian ▁S ita ▁Ram ▁Go el . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 8 - 4 9 , ▁he ▁worked ▁for ▁Mah at ma ▁Gand hi ' s ▁dis ci ple ▁Mira ▁Be hn ▁( M ade le ine ▁S lade ). ▁ ▁Sw ar up ▁worked ▁for ▁the ▁D RS , ▁where ▁he ▁wrote ▁a ▁book ▁on ▁the ▁Commun ist ▁party ▁that ▁was ▁published ▁under ▁an ▁assumed ▁name . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 9 , ▁he ▁founded ▁the ▁Society ▁for ▁the ▁Def ence ▁of ▁Fre edom ▁in ▁Asia . ▁The ▁Society ▁published ▁books , ▁review ed ▁in ▁the ▁West , ▁that ▁critic ised ▁both ▁the ▁Pres id ium ▁of ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Soviet - mouth pie ce ▁Iz vest ia ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁P rav da , ▁another ▁mouth pie ce ▁for ▁that ▁same ▁foreign ▁power ' s ▁Commun ist ▁Party . ▁The ▁Society ▁for ▁the ▁Def ence ▁of ▁Fre edom ▁in ▁Asia ▁ceased ▁operations ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 5 . ▁His ▁early ▁book ▁Gand h ism ▁and ▁Commun ism ▁from ▁around ▁this ▁time ▁had ▁some ▁influence ▁among ▁American ▁polic ym akers ▁and ▁members ▁of ▁Congress . ▁Sw ar up ▁also ▁wrote ▁for ▁main stream ▁Indian ▁week lies