Chandrashekhar Azad

Chandrashekhar Azad

Chandrashekhar Azad was remembered on his birth anniversary.

  • A great Indian freedom fighter.
  • Born in – 1906, in Madhya Pradesh
  • Key Contributions –
    • Participation in Non-Cooperation Movement
    • Disappointed by Gandhi’s suspension of the non-cooperation movement, he started to work closely with revolutionaries, including the legendary Bhagat Singh.
    • Joined Hindustan Republican Association (HRA)
    • Participated in Kakori Train Robbery in 1925 to take revenge for Lala Lajpat Rai’s murder and shooting of John P. Saunders in Lahore in 1928.
    • Reorganised HRA into Hindustan Socialist Republican Association in 1928
  • Death – 1931, during a fierce encounter with the British police in Allahabad.

Source: The Indian Express


Previous Year Question

In the context of Colonial India, Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon are remembered as

[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2021 Prelims]

(a) leaders of Swadeshi and Boycott Movement
(b) members of the Interim Government in 1946
(c) members of the Drafting Committee in the Constituent Assembly
(d) officers of the Indian National Army

Answer: (d)


Practice Question

He, who died at a young age of 24, organised and led revolutionary organisations which did not fully believe in the non-violence espoused by Mahatma Gandhi. Determined to remain free, he took his own life rather surrender during a gunfight with British forces. He played a key role in reorganizing the HRA as the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. The passage refers to

 
 
 
 

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