Person · revolutionary commander
Chandra Shekhar Azad
Also known as Azad
Chandra Shekhar Azad (23 July 1906 - 27 February 1931), the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) commander-in-chief who led the 1925-1931 armed campaign against the British. Born at Bhabhra village in Alirajpur district, Madhya Pradesh, Azad took the name 'Azad' ('free') at age 15 after a court magistrate asked his name. He participated in the August 1925 Kakori Train Robbery, the December 1928 assassination of John Saunders (with Bhagat Singh and Rajguru), the April 1929 Delhi Assembly bombing, and the 1930 Viceroy Lord Irwin assassination attempt. Surrounded by British police at Allahabad's Alfred Park on 27 February 1931, he shot himself with his last bullet rather than be captured.
- Date
- 1906–1931
- Function
- Social reform & movement
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
Connections (1)
- Court associationBhagat Singh
Chandra Shekhar Azad and Bhagat Singh were the two chief organisers of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) between 1925 and 1931. Azad as commander-in-chief and Bhagat Singh as chief ideologue coordinated the Kakori Train Robbery (August 1925), the Lahore assassination of John Saunders (December 1928), the Delhi Assembly bombing (April 1929) and the 1930 Viceroy assassination attempt. Azad's 27 February 1931 suicide at Alfred Park followed Bhagat Singh's 23 March 1931 Lahore execution.
Sources
Standard biography; regional historiography.
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