Archival Overview
Legendary commander-in-chief of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association who vowed never to be taken alive by the British colonial police.
Biographical Record
Chandrashekhar Tiwari was arrested at age fifteen during Mahatma Gandhi's Non-Cooperation Movement; when asked his name by the magistrate, he famously answered 'Azad' (The Free). Following Gandhi's suspension of the movement, Azad reorganized militant youth into the HSRA.
As commander-in-chief, Azad directed operations including the Kakori train robbery and mentored young revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh. Surrounded by colonial police at Alfred Park in Allahabad in 1931, he fought a fierce gun battle and used his final bullet on himself to keep his vow never to be captured.
Key Life Milestones
Feroz Shah Kotla Assembly
Reorganized Indian revolutionary youth under the socialist banner of the HSRA in Delhi.
Last Stand at Alfred Park
Held off colonial police with a handgun before preserving his vow of dying free with his last bullet.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual MemorialPrayagraj, India