Chandra Shekhar Azad (born 3 December 1986) is an Indian politician and social activist,

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ite activist,

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. He is the currently National President of Azad Samaj Party and Co-founder of the Bhim Army. In February 2021, '' Time'' magazine featured him in its annual list of ''100 Emerging Leaders who are Shaping the Future''.

Early life

Azad hails from

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village of

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, Western Uttar Pradesh. His father Govardhan Das retired as a principal of a

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. He came to prominence as a Bahujan leader after a hoarding titled ''The Great Chamars of Ghadkhauli Welcome You'' was installed by him on the outskirts of his village.

Politics

Azad, Satish Kumar, and Vinay Ratan Singh founded Bhim Army in 2014, an organization that works for the emancipation of Dalit

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s through education in India. It runs free schools for Dalits in the western Uttar Pradesh

Imprisonment

*He was arrested in relation to the

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incident. Azad was arrested under the National Security Act by the Uttar Pradesh Government. Afterwards he was granted bail by the

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noting that the arrests were politically motivated, but was continuously imprisoned by the state government. *Delhi Police had denied permission to Chandrashekhar Azad's protest march against the

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from Delhi Jama Masjid to

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. He entered into protest at Jama Masjid and was arrested by Delhi police and detained for several days.

References

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Early life

Politics

Imprisonment

See also

References