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Chandra Shekhar Azad

1906–1931 · 20th century · Also known as Chandrashekhar Azad

Chandra Shekhar Azad was an Indian revolutionary, born at Bhabhra in the princely state of Alirajpur. He took part in the Kakori train robbery of 1925 and led the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association with Bhagat Singh. Surrounded by police in Alfred Park, Allahabad, in February 1931, he shot himself rather than be captured, and he is honoured as a hero of the independence movement.

Chandra Shekhar Azad
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Alirajpur State

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