Azad was born as Chandrashekhar Tiwari on 23 July 1906 in
Bhavra village, in the present-day Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh. His
forefathers were from Badarka village near Kanpur (in present-day Unnao
District). His mother, Jagrani Devi Tiwari, was the third wife of Sitaram
Tiwari, whose previous wives had died young. After the birth of their first
son, Sukhdev Tiwari, in Badarka, the family moved to Alirajpur State.
His mother wanted her son to be a great Sanskrit scholar and
persuaded his father to send him to Kashi Vidyapeeth, Banaras, to study. In
December 1921, when Mohandas K. Gandhi launched the Non-Cooperation Movement,
Chandra Shekhar, then a 15-year-old student, joined. As a result, he was
arrested. On being produced before a magistrate, he gave his name as
"Azad" (The Free), his father's name as "Swatantrata"
(Independence) and his residence as "Jail". From that day he came to
be known as Chandra Shekhar Azad among the people.
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