Chandrashekhar azad ki photo

By India Today Web Desk: Chandra Shekhar Tiwari was an Indian revolutionary popularly known as Chandrashekhar Azad. He was born on 23 July 1906 in Bhabha village, Madhya Pradesh, and was sent to Kashi Vidhyapeeth Banaras for further studies. During India's Non-cooperation Movement, the 15-year-old Azad was ready to be part of the national movement. In the independence movement, he organised a mass of militant youth and was part of it at a very young age. After the suspension of the Non-cooperation Movement, he was disappointed and joined the Hindu Republican Association(HRA) formed by Ram Prasad Bismil. He was a close associate of Bhagat Singh and transformed HRA into the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association(HSRA) in 1928. He was popular after being a part of the Kakori train robbery. In the same year, he assassinated John Saunders, the assistant superintendent of police. After this incident, he was arrested and presented before the district magistrate justice Reverand Tomson Kregate, who named him Azad(the free). He was trained in firearms and used the Orchha forest for his training. He was a revolutionary and collected funds for HRA activities. Currently, there are several public institutes and places named after him. He was a hero of the highest order who sacrificed his life for the welfare of the nation. Slogans and Quotes : “Don’t see others doing better than you, beat your own records every day because success is a fight between you and yourself.”