CHANDRA SHEKHAR AZAD

July 24, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Indian revolutionary Chandra Shekhar Azad, on his birth anniversary.

About:

Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906 – 1931) was an Indian revolutionary.
He reorganised the Hindustan Republican Association under its new name of Hindustan Socialist Republican Army (HSRA) in 1928 after the death of its founder, Ram Prasad Bismil.
He was involved in the Kakori Train Robbery of 1925, in the attempt to blow up the Viceroy of India's train in 1926, and at last the shooting of J. P. Saunders at Lahore in 1928 to avenge the killing of Lala Lajpat Rai.
He died at Alfred Park in Allahabad (now Prayagraj) on 27 February 1931.
Names:
- He was popularly known as by his self-taken name Azad ("The Free").
- He often used the pseudonym "Balraj" when signing pamphlets issued as the commander in chief of the Hindustan Socialist Republic Army (HSRA).