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Communicative EnglishPresentation Skills

Name: B. Jnana DeepikaClass/Section: VII ERoll No: 15Teacher: Pratima Mam

1Thursday, 01 January 2004

Topic :Chandra sekhar azad

FAMOUS PERSONALITIESTHERE ARE MANY FAMOUS PERSONSOF INDIA.

1. BAL GANGADHAR TILAK2. BHAGHAT SINGH3. CHANDRASHEKHAR AZAD4. INDHRA GANDHI5. SAROJINI NAIDUAND MANY MORE.

PICTURES OF SOME FAMOUS PERSONS OF INDIA:-

INDIRA GANDHI

MAHATMA GANDHI

BAL GANGADHAR TILAK

Chandra Sekhar AzadCHANDRA SEKHAR AZAD was born on 23 July 1906. He was popularly known as Azad. He was an Indian revolutionary who reorganised theHINDUSTAN REPUBLIC ASSOCIATION under the new name of HINDUSTAN SOCIALIST REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION(HSRA) after the death of its founder,RAM PRASAD BISMIL , and three other prominent party leaders,ROSHAN SINGH,RAJENDRA NATH LAHIRIandmany more.

He is considered to be the mentor ofBHAGAT SINGHand chief strategist of the HSRA. He was born inBHAVRAvillage, in the present-dayALIRAJPUR DISTRICTofMADHYA PRADESH. He was then called Chandra Shekar Tiwari.His forefathers were from theBADARKAvillage nearKANPUR(in present-dayUNNAO DISTRICT).

His mother, Jagrani Devi, was the third wife of Sitaram Tiwari, whose previous wives had died young. After the birth of their first son, Sukhdev, in Badarka, the family moved toALIRAJPUR STATE.

MONUMENT OF CHANDRA SEHKAR AZAD IN HIS NATIVE PLACE

As a revolutionary, he adopted the lastname Azad, which means "Free" in Urdu.There is an interesting story that while he adopted the name "Azad" he made a pledge that the Police will never capture him alive. Azad and others had committed themselves to absolute independence by any means. He was most famous for The Kakori Rail Dacoity in 1925 and the assassination of the assistant superintendent of Police John Poyantz Saunders in 1928. Azad and his compatriots would target British officials known for their oppressive actions against ordinary people, or for beating and torturing arrested freedom fighters.

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Revolutionary lifeAfter suspension of the non-cooperation movement in 1922 by Gandhi, Azad became more aggressive. He committed himself to achieve complete independence by any means. Azad also believed that India's future lay in socialism. He met a young revolutionary, Pranvesh Chatterji, who introduced him to Ram Prasad Bismil who had formed the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA), a revolutionary organisation.

Death]

Azad died atAlfred ParkinAllahabadon 27 February 1931[7]when he went to the city to meet with a revolutionary colleague,Sukhdev Raj. The police were notified of his location by an informer. Faced with armed police, Azad fired upon them. He was wounded in the process of killing three policemen and wounding some others. His actions made it possible for Sukhdev Raj to escape. After a long shootout, holding true to his pledge to never be captured alive, he shot himself dead with his last bullet.

The file related to Azad is preserved inCIDHeadquarters1, Gokhale Marg,LUCKNOW. The Colt pistol of Chandra Shekhar Azad is displayed at theALLAHABAD MUSEUM.The body was sent to Rasulabad Ghat for cremation without informing general public. As it came to light, people surrounded the park where the incident had taken place. They chanted slogans against the British rule and praised Azad.

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