Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 23: A special gathering remembering the 'Real Hero' of our nation, Social worker Karandeep Singh Lucky and Aastik Kohli organized on 112th birth anniversary of the Shaheed Chandra Shekhar Azad. Lucky said that, Azad was a revolutionary, who died for the country and whose sacrifices have become immortal in the history of Indian independence struggle. Born on July 23, 1906, in Bhabhra village of Madhya Pradesh, Azad's actual name was Chandra Shekar Tiwari. He joined Gandhi ji's non-cooperation movement at the age of 15, following the Jalianwala Bagh Massacre. When he was 16 years old he was arrested by the police while protesting in a freedom movement.
He was presented in the court where the Magistrate asked him, " What is your name? Where do you live? Whatis your father's name?"He replied, "My name is Azad, my father's name is Swatantrata and prison cell is the place where I live". The Magistrate was astonished by his answer and the young Azad was sentenced to fifteen canes. He was beaten very severely. When he came out from the prison he was highly honoured by the citizens and profusely garlanded. This day onwards, Chandra Shekhar Tiwary became Chandra Shekhar Azad.Azad later became an active member of Hindustan Republican Association (HRA), a revolutionary organisation and started working for the independence movement. Azad died on February 27, 1931, at Alfred Park, Allahabad, when the police surrounded him after being tipped off by an informant about his location. He killed three policemen. In the end, as he had made a promise to himself that he'll never becaptured by the police alive, he shot himself dead. |
