Saturday 23 March 2013

ChandraShekar Azad


Chandra Shekhar Azad :

*Birth :23 July 1906,Bhavra,Alirajpur district,Madhya pradesh.

*His original name is "Chandra Shekar Tiwari".

*"Pranvesh Chatterji" introduced Azd to "Ram Prasad Bismil"(Founder of "Hindustan Republican Association") & he was impressed by Azad, when Azad reportedly put his hand over a lamp and did not remove it till his skin burnt.

*He took part in the famous Kakori Train Robbery of 1925.

*Involved in the shooting of J.P. Saunders at Lahore in 1928.

*He is regarded as the mentor of "Bhagat Singh".

*Saved his Revolutionary colleague "Sukhdev Raj" & killed himself when he was surrounded by armed police at "Alfred Park" on 27 February 1931.

*"Alfred Park" is renamed as "ChandraShekar Azad park".

*The Colt Pistol of Azad is displayed in the Allahabad museum in "Chandrashekar Azad park".

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