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Chandrashekhar Azad (Bhim Army) Age, Wife, Caste, Family, Biography

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Hometown: Chhutmalpur, Saharanpur
Age: 37 Years
Education: Law Graduate

Chandrashekar Azad (Bhim Army)

Bio/Wiki
NicknameRavan

Note: He dropped this moniker in 2019. [1]Times of India
Profession(s)Dalit Activist, Lawyer, Politician
Politics
PartyAzad Samaj Party
Azad Samaj Party

Note: The party was founded by Chandrashekhar Azad on 15 March 2020.
Political Journey2024: Won the Nagina Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)5' 9" (175 cm)
Eye ColourBlack
Hair ColourBlack
Personal Life
Date of Birth3 December 1986
Age (as of 2023)37 Years
BirthplaceDhadkauli village, near Chhutmalpur, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Zodiac signSagittarius
NationalityIndian
HometownChhutmalpur, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh
CollegeDAV PG College in Dehradun
Educational QualificationLaw Graduate [2]News Click
ReligionHinduism
CasteScheduled Caste (Chamaar) [3]News18
HobbiesReading, Writing, Travelling
Controversies• The Saharanpur Police registered an F.I.R. against him for allegedly orchestrating violent protests in Saharanpur on 11 May 2017. After the Allahabad High Court quashed all charges against him, he was booked under the National Security Act (NSA). Chandrashekhar was arrested on 9 June last year from Dalhousie in Himachal Pradesh by the UP police, after he had gone underground. On 1 November 2018, after 15 months in jail, UP Government released him. [4]News Click
• On 21 December 2019, he was again arrested and lodged in Tihar jail in with the anti-CAA violence in Old Delhi’s Daryaganj. However, on 15 January 2020, The Tis Hazari Court granted bail to Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad. Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau granted the relief to Azad and put certain conditions on him. The judge granted the relief to Azad on furnishing a bail bond of Rs 25,000. He was granted bail on the condition that he would not reside/hold protests in Delhi for the next four weeks owing to the upcoming Delhi elections. The court also said that Chandrashekhar Azad could not visit the Shaheen Bagh protest site. [5]India Today
Chandrashekhar in Police Custody
Relationships & More
Marital StatusNot Known
Family
Wife/SpouseNot Known
ParentsFather- Govardhan Das (a retired principal of a government school)
Mother- Kamlesh Devi
Chandrashekhar Azad of Bheem Army Mother Kamlesh Devi
SiblingsBrother(s)- Bhagat Singh (elder), Kamal Kishor (younger), Manish (younger)
Chandrashekhar's mother Kamlesh Devi (middle), with her sons Bhagat Singh (left) and Kamal Kishore (right), at Chhutmalpur
Favourites
LeaderB. R. Ambedkar
PoliticianKanshi Ram

Chandrashekar Azad (Bhim Army)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Chandrashekhar Azad (Bhim Army)

  • He is a Lawyer from Chhutmalpur, a village in the neighborhood of Shabbirpur in Saharanpur District.
  • In 2011, he planned to go to the United States for higher studies.
  • While attending his ailing father in a hospital in Saharanpur, he read news regarding Dalit’s atrocities and decided to become a “Dalit Activist.”
  • In 2015, he formed the Bhim Army Ekta Mission (in short, Bhim Army). The Army claims to have more than 50000 members.
  • According to Chandrashekhar’s mother, the awakening inside him against Dalit atrocities was triggered when he heard of the discrimination of Dalit children by the upper-caste Thakurs in a school near his village. The local Rajputs kicked up a storm about Dalit children studying alongside their own children. They would not allow the children to go to school and considered them ‘untouchables.’
  • In 2016, Chandrashekhar Azad & his Bhim Army made headlines for the first time when they wanted to put up a board that reads “The Great Chamar” at the entrance of the village, and Thakurs had objected to the idea. The Great Chamaar Board
  • In May 2017, Thakurs burnt some Dalit houses in the Shabbirpur village of Saharanpur following the complaints by Dalits over the loud music played by Thakurs during the Maharana Pratap Jayanti. Later, Dalits retaliated by burning down a police post in Saharanpur.
  • On 21 May 2017, he organized a rally of Bhim Army supporters at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi without any permission. The rally was attended by more than 5000 Bhim Army supporters.

  • On 17 February 2021, he was featured in TIME magazine’s annual list of 100 “emerging leaders who are shaping the future.” [6]The Hindu
  • On 28 June 2023, he was shot at by a few cor-borne unidentified assailants in the Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh following which he was rushed to the hospital for treatment. [7]Hindustan Times

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