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Birth Anniversary of Chandra Shekhar Azad
- 24 Jul 2025
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The Prime Minister paid tribute to Chandra Shekhar Azad on his birth anniversary (23rd July 2025), honouring his role in the freedom struggle and his inspiration to the youth.
- Early Life: Born in 1906 as Chandra Shekhar Tiwari in Bhabhra village (now known as Chandrashekhar Azad Nagar), Madhya Pradesh, he showed revolutionary spirit from a young age. At 15, he joined Gandhi’s Non-Cooperation Movement.
- Shift from Satyagraha to Revolution: Disappointed after Gandhi called off the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922.
- Azad turned to revolutionary activities, joined Hindustan Republican Army (HRA) and was involved in Kakori train robbery (1925) to fund armed resistance.
- In 1928, Bhagat Singh, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Sukhdev, Shiv Verma, and Vijay Kumar Sinha reorganised the HRA with socialism as one of the main objectives, renaming it the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA).
- Major actions: Bhagat Singh was HSRA’s political ideologue, while Azad led its military wing (planning actions, training recruits, and organising weapons).
- He played a key role in planning the 1928 killing of British officer John Saunders in Lahore. Bhagat Singh and Rajguru carried out the shooting.
- Legacy: Chandra Shekhar Azad died at Alfred Park, Allahabad, on 27th February 1931, at just 24. The park was later renamed Chandra Shekhar Azad Park in his honour.
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