Chandrashekhar Azad | |
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![]() Azad in 2020 | |
President of the Azad Samaj Party | |
Assumed office 15 March 2020 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Chief of the Bhim Army | |
Assumed office 21 July 2015 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Personal details | |
Born | Chhutmalpur, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India | 3 December 1986
Nationality | ![]() |
Political party | Azad Samaj Party |
Spouse | Vandana Kumari |
Children | 1 |
Parent(s) | Govardhan Das Jatav(father) Kamlesh Devi (mother) |
Education | L.L.B. |
Alma mater | Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Agriculture & Advocacy |
Chandrashekhar Azad (born 3 December 1986), also written as Chandra Shekhar Azad, an Indian politician, social activist, Ambedkarite activist, and lawyer. He is the chief and co-founder of the Bhim Army.[1] He is the currently national president of the Azad Samaj Party. In February 2021, Time magazine featured him in its annual list of 100 Emerging Leaders who are Shaping the Future.[2]
Azad hails from Chutmalpur village of Saharanpur, Western Uttar Pradesh. His father Govardhan Das retired as a principal of a Government School. 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.[3][4][5]
Main article: Bhim Army |
Azad, Satish Kumar, and Vinay Ratan Singh founded Bhim Army in 2014, an organization that works for the emancipation of Dalit Hindus through education in India. It runs free schools for Dalits in the western Uttar Pradesh