Chandra Shekhar Azad
Indian activist and socialist and revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer (1906–1931)
Chandra Shekhar Sitaram Tiwari (23 July 1906 – 27 February 1931), popularly known as Chandra Shekhar Azad, was an Indian revolutionary who reorganised the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) under its new name of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) after the deaths of its founder, Ram Prasad Bismil, and three other prominent party leaders, Roshan Singh, Rajendra Nath Lahiri and Ashfaqulla Khan. He hailed from Bardarka village in Unnao district of United Provinces and his parents were Sitaram Tiwari and Jagrani Devi. He often used the pseudonym "Balraj" while signing pamphlets issued as commander-in-chief of the HSRA. Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru worked closely with him as his pupil.
Early life
Chandra Shekhar Azad was born on 23 July 1906 in Bhabhra village as Chandra Shekhar Tiwari, in a Kanyakubja Brahmin family in the princely state of Alirajpur. His forefathers were from Badarka village, in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh. His mother, Jagrani Devi, was the third wife of Sitaram Tiwari, whose previous wives had died young. After the birth of their first son, Sukhdev, in Badarka, the family moved to the Alirajpur State.
His mother wanted her son to become a great Sanskrit scholar and persuaded his father to send him to Kashi Vidyapeeth in Banaras to study. In 1921, when the Non-Cooperation Movement was at its height, Chandra Shekhar, then a 15 years old student, joined. As a result, he was arrested on 24 December.
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