Chandra Shekhar Azad Jayanti 2019

*Don’t see others doing better than you, beat your own records every day because success is a fight between you and yourself.

Chandra Shekhar Azad Jayanti 2019 : Born as Chandrashekhar Tiwari on July 23, 1906, in Madhya Pradesh, Chandra Shekhar Azad was one of the most prominent freedom fighters who took part in India’s freedom struggle at a very young age.

Popularly known as Azad, he was deeply moved by the Jallianwala Bagh incident on April 13, 1919, and soon became a part of the Non-Cooperation Movement led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920, and even got arrested at the young age of 15 for being a part of the movement. It is believed that when he was asked for his name in the jail, he replied ‘Azad‘ (free) — from where he came to be known as Chandrashekhar Azad.

Chandra Shekhar Azad was killed in Alfred Park in Allahabad on February 27,1931 after a police encounter