PM Modi pays tributes to freedom fighter Chandra Shekhar Azad on his birth anniversary
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to legendary freedom fighter Chandra Shekhar Azad on his birth aniversary.
"Millions of salutes to the great son of the country Chandrashekhar Azad on his birth anniversary. The story of his sacrifice to protect the motherland will always inspire the countrymen," read a rough transaltion of Prime Minister's tweet in Hindi.
देश के महान सपूत चंद्रशेखर आजाद को उनकी जयंती पर कोटि-कोटि नमन। मातृभूमि की रक्षा के लिए उनके बलिदान की कहानी देशवासियों को सदैव प्रेरित करती रहेगी।
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 23, 2023
Remembering one of the greatest freedom fighters of India, who laid down his life while fighting for India's freedom British rule, the Ministry of Culture tweeted: "Remembering the valiant revolutionary, Chandra Shekhar Azad, on his birth anniversary! His unwavering courage and dedication to India's freedom struggle remain a timeless inspiration."
Remembering the valiant revolutionary, Chandra Shekhar Azad, on his birth anniversary!
— Ministry of Culture (@MinOfCultureGoI) July 23, 2023
His unwavering courage and dedication to India's freedom struggle remain a timeless inspiration. #MoCRemembers pic.twitter.com/IhGNFDZppV
He was born as Chandra Shekhar Patel was born on July 23, 1906 in Uttar Pradesh's Bhabhra. After the suspension of the non-cooperation movement in 1922 by Mahatma Gandhi, he was disappointed. He met Ram Prasad Bismil, another young revolutionary, who had formed the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA), a revolutionary organization.
He then became an active member of the HRA and started to collect funds for HRA. Most of the fund collection was through robberies of government property.
He was involved in the Kakori Train Robbery of 1925, the shooting of John P. Saunders at Lahore in 1928 to avenge the killing of Lala Lajpat Rai, and at last, in the attempt to blow up the Viceroy of India's train in 1929.
He asscociated with Bhagat Singh and other revolutionaries to fight for the freedom of India.
On 27 February 1931, the CID head of the police at Allahabad were tipped off by someone that Azad was at Alfred Park and was having a talk with his companion and aide Sukhdev Raj. On receiving it, they reached the park. Azad killed three policemen but was badly wounded in the process of defending himself and helping his associate Raj. Azad After a long shootout, holding true to his pledge to always remain Azad (Free) and never be captured alive, he shot himself in the head with his gun's last bullet.
