Chandrashekhar Azad
Topic: The National Movement: Gandhian Era · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
Chandrashekhar Azad was a revolutionary who wanted to end British rule by armed struggle. He was a member of the Hindustan Republican Association and later became a leading figure in the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA). He worked closely with Bhagat Singh. He matters because he stands for the revolutionary stream that ran alongside Gandhi's non-violent movement.
Example
Azad took part in the Kakori train robbery of 1925. He also helped in the killing of the police officer Saunders at Lahore in 1928. On 27 February 1931, police surrounded him at Alfred Park in Allahabad, and he died there fighting rather than be captured.
Don't confuse with
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad: he was a Congress leader and scholar who followed Gandhi's non-violent path. He later became independent India's first Education Minister.
Related concepts
- All India Kisan Sabha
- Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
- FICCI
- G.D. Birla
- Jamnalal Bajaj
- All India Trade Union Congress
- Communist Party of India
- Meerut conspiracy case
- Women in the civil disobedience movement
- Women's Indian Association