Chandrasekhar Azad

"Dushman ki goliyon ka hum samna karenge Azad hee rahein hain, azad hee raheinge!"


Name: Chandrasekhar Azad

DOB: July 23, 1906 in

Date of Death: 27 February 1931

Place of Birth: Badarka(Unnao)

Father’s Name: Pandit Sita Ram Tiwari

Mother’s Name: Smt. Jagrani Devi


Introduction:
Earlier he was Chandrasekhar Tiwari, but after a court incident he became famous as Azad. He received his early schooling in Bhavra District Jhabua (Madhya Pradesh). For higher studies he went to the Sanskrit Pathashala at Varanasi.

Contribution:

Young Azad was one of the young generation of Indians when Mahatma Gandhi launched the Non-Cooperation Movement. But many were disillusioned with the suspension of the struggle in 1922 owing to the Chauri Chaura massacre of 22 policemen. Although Gandhi was appalled by the brutal violence, Azad did not feel that violence was unacceptable in the struggle, especially in view of the Amritsar Massacre of 1919, where Army units killed hundreds of unarmed civilians and wounded thousands in Amritsar. Young Azad and contemporaries like Bhagat Singh were deeply and emotionally influenced by that tragedy.

He was most famous for The Kakori Rail Dacoity in 1925 and the assassination of the assistant superintendent of Police John Poyantz Saunders in 1928. Azad and his compatriots would target British officials known for their oppressive actions against ordinary people, or for beating and torturing arrested freedom fighters.
Betrayed by an informer on 27 February 1931 Azad was encircled by British troops in the Alfred park, Allahabad. He kept on fighting till the last bullet. Finding no other alternative, except surrender, Azad shot himself in the temple
On the 27th of February, 1931.