In History today : Birth of Chandra Shekhar Azad [ 23 July 1906 ]

Chandra Shekhar Azad was born on 23 July 1906 in Bhavra village, in the present-day Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh. Chandra Shekhar Azad was popularly known as Azad (“The Liberated”), was an Indian revolutionary who reorganised the Hindustan Republican 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 Lahiri and Ashfaqulla Khan. He is considered to be the mentor of Bhagat Singh and chief strategist of the HSRA.