A famous revolutionary of India’s freedom movement, Chandrasekhar Azad was born on July 23, 1906 in the Badarka village of Unnao district in Uttar Pradesh to Pandit Sitaram Tiwari and Jagarani Devi. He had spent his childhood in the village and received his earlier education there. Later, to pursue higher education in Sanskrit, he went to Kashi Vidyapeeth in Benaras.
In 1919, the Jalianwala Bagh Massacre , took place which shook the whole nation as several people were killed by the British Government. This brutality disturbed Chandrasekhar and he aggressively participated in the non-cooperation movement that was started by Mahatma Gandhi in the year 1921.Chandrasekhar got involved in revolutionary activities at a very young age of 15 and was imprisoned at that age. He got caught by the police while participating in the non-cooperation movement and was sentenced to whiplashes as punishment. When the magistrate asked him his name, he said "Azad”, which meant Independence and since then, he assumed the title of Azad and came to be known as Chandrashekhar Azad. Soon after Mahatma Gandhi called off the non-cooperation movement due to the Chauri-Chaura incident, he stood apart from the path of non-violence, which was the ideology taught by Gandhiji and he took up arms.
Azad was contemporary of another great freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. He was a devoted freedom fighter and dedicated his life to free India from British atrocities. In order to give result to his desires of freeing the nation he founded the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association, where he came became the guide of revolutionaries like Batukeshwar Dutt, Sukhdev, Bhagat Singh and Rajguru. He along with Bhagat Singh and Rajguru planned to liberate the prisoners of the Kakori Train Robbery in 1926 but the mission failed. He was involved in a number of revolutionary activities and was the first among the Indian revolutionaries to make use of arms in the fight for independence against the British rulers. He believed that his religion was to fight for others and that a solider never surrenders his arms. He was a Nationalist in the true sense of the word.
In the year 1928, together with Bhagat Singh formed the 'Hindustan Samajvadi Prajatantra Sangha', which was intended to set up republic in India with arm revolution. He also actively took part in the movement against Simon Commission and the death of Lala Lajpat Rai shook the Indian revolutionaries and with his comrade Bhagat Singh and Rajgur, Chandrasekhar Azad decided to kill Mr. Scott, who was deemed accountable for the whole incident of lathicharge. However, while in this attempt, they killed Saunders, a police head constable shot dead. Although, Bhagat Singh escaped from Lahore to Calcutta, Azad clutched to the revolutionary movement of India’s Independence. He entrusted the task of bombing in the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi to Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt.
On April 8, 1929, after the mission of bombing in Central Legislative Assembly, while in session was accomplished, they two of them surrendered. Later, on February 27, 1931 Chandrashekhar Azad met two of his companions at Alfred Park, Allahabad and was identified by the British cops and enclosed the park with cops and asked him to surrender but he fought alone and killed three policemen. But unfortunately, he got shot on his thighs. However, seeing no means to escape and the vow that he took that he will never be a captive of the British, he shot himself on his temple with the last bullet that was left in his pistol. He died on the spot and did not allow the British to captivate him as a prisoner and caught alive.
The matched spirit of Chandrasekhar Azad, gave strength to the freedom movement of India. Without his sacrifice and endeavour, India would have not achieved freedom from the atrocities and brutalities of the British Government.
Birth: July 23, 1906
Martyrdom: February 27, 1931
Achievement: Formed the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association and Hindustan Samajvadi Prajatantra Sangha
In 1919, the Jalianwala Bagh Massacre , took place which shook the whole nation as several people were killed by the British Government. This brutality disturbed Chandrasekhar and he aggressively participated in the non-cooperation movement that was started by Mahatma Gandhi in the year 1921.Chandrasekhar got involved in revolutionary activities at a very young age of 15 and was imprisoned at that age. He got caught by the police while participating in the non-cooperation movement and was sentenced to whiplashes as punishment. When the magistrate asked him his name, he said "Azad”, which meant Independence and since then, he assumed the title of Azad and came to be known as Chandrashekhar Azad. Soon after Mahatma Gandhi called off the non-cooperation movement due to the Chauri-Chaura incident, he stood apart from the path of non-violence, which was the ideology taught by Gandhiji and he took up arms.
Azad was contemporary of another great freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. He was a devoted freedom fighter and dedicated his life to free India from British atrocities. In order to give result to his desires of freeing the nation he founded the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association, where he came became the guide of revolutionaries like Batukeshwar Dutt, Sukhdev, Bhagat Singh and Rajguru. He along with Bhagat Singh and Rajguru planned to liberate the prisoners of the Kakori Train Robbery in 1926 but the mission failed. He was involved in a number of revolutionary activities and was the first among the Indian revolutionaries to make use of arms in the fight for independence against the British rulers. He believed that his religion was to fight for others and that a solider never surrenders his arms. He was a Nationalist in the true sense of the word.
In the year 1928, together with Bhagat Singh formed the 'Hindustan Samajvadi Prajatantra Sangha', which was intended to set up republic in India with arm revolution. He also actively took part in the movement against Simon Commission and the death of Lala Lajpat Rai shook the Indian revolutionaries and with his comrade Bhagat Singh and Rajgur, Chandrasekhar Azad decided to kill Mr. Scott, who was deemed accountable for the whole incident of lathicharge. However, while in this attempt, they killed Saunders, a police head constable shot dead. Although, Bhagat Singh escaped from Lahore to Calcutta, Azad clutched to the revolutionary movement of India’s Independence. He entrusted the task of bombing in the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi to Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt.
On April 8, 1929, after the mission of bombing in Central Legislative Assembly, while in session was accomplished, they two of them surrendered. Later, on February 27, 1931 Chandrashekhar Azad met two of his companions at Alfred Park, Allahabad and was identified by the British cops and enclosed the park with cops and asked him to surrender but he fought alone and killed three policemen. But unfortunately, he got shot on his thighs. However, seeing no means to escape and the vow that he took that he will never be a captive of the British, he shot himself on his temple with the last bullet that was left in his pistol. He died on the spot and did not allow the British to captivate him as a prisoner and caught alive.
The matched spirit of Chandrasekhar Azad, gave strength to the freedom movement of India. Without his sacrifice and endeavour, India would have not achieved freedom from the atrocities and brutalities of the British Government.
Birth: July 23, 1906
Martyrdom: February 27, 1931
Achievement: Formed the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association and Hindustan Samajvadi Prajatantra Sangha