write a short note on chandra shekhar azad
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Chandrashekhar Azad was a revolutionary who vehemently believed in liberating India from the British Rule and fought fervently for the freedom. He was born in February 1931 in Madhya Pradesh. His surname was Tiwari and Azad was a self-proclaimed name, meaning liberated.
As per his mother’s dreams of his becoming a Sanskrit scholar, Azad went to the Sanskrit Vidyalaya in Varanasi. Even in his growing up years he was influenced by Gandhi’s non-cooperation movement. When he was arrested he is known to have told his name as ‘Azad’. From this point he came to be known as Chandrashekhar ‘Azad’.
He pledged that he would always be free and never be caught.
In early years Azad came in touch with Ram Prasad Bismil, the founder of Hindustan Republican Association. Bismil was impressed by Azad as he held his hand over a flame to prove his unflinching determination to liberate India. Azad later renamed this organisation to Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. He associated with the revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh and Rajguru.
While helping a friend in Alfred Park in Allahabad, he was surrounded by the police who were tipped of his presence by an informant. As he helped his colleague flee, he was unable to join him. He did not surrender but shot himself and thus remained ‘free’ as he had pledged.
Chandrashekhar Azad still remains a legend in India.
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Chandra Shekhar Tiwari, known popularly as Chandrashekhar Azad (23 July 1906 — 27 February 1931), was an Indian Socialist revolutionary who reorganised the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) under its new name of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) after the death of its founder, Ram Prasad Bismil, and three other prominent party leaders, Roshan Singh, Rajendra Nath Lahiri and Ashfaqulla Khan. He hailed from Bhavra in Alirajpur State and his parents were Sitaram Tiwari and Jagrani Devi. He often used the pseudonym "Balraj" when signing pamphlets issued as the commander in chief of the HSRA.
His mother wanted her son to be a great Sanskrit scholar and persuaded his father to send him to Kashi Vidyapeeth, Banaras, to study. In 1921, when the Non-Cooperation Movement was at its height, Chandra Shekhar, then a 15-year-old student, joined. As a result, he was arrested on 20 December. On being presented before the district magistrate Justice Reverend Tomson Kregat a week later, he gave his name as "Azad" (The Free), his father's name as "Swatantrata" (Independence) and his residence as "Jail".He was given a punishment of 15 lashes and was seriously injured during the punishment.From that day he came to be known as Chandra Shekhar Azad among the people.