Chandra Shekhar Azad

On 23rd July, 2021, India paid tribute to the freedom fighter Chandra Shekhar Azad on his birth anniversary.

About Chandra Shekhar Azad

  • He was born on 23rd July 1906 in Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh.
  • Azad was only 15 years old when he was arrested for the first time for joining Gandhi's Non-Cooperation Movement.
  • After the suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922 by Gandhi, Azad joined Hindustan Republican Association (HRA).
  • Conducted the Kakori Train Robbery near Kakori, Lucknow along with Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, Rajendra Lahiri, and Manmathnath Gupta.
  • Planned the shooting of J. P. Saunders, a British Policeman at Lahore in ....
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