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{{Infobox person | {{Infobox person | ||
| name = Chandrashekhar Azad | | name = Chandrashekhar Azad | ||
| image = File:Chandra Shekhar Azad (Ravan).jpg | | image = File:Chandra Shekhar Azad (Ravan).jpg | ||
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|12|03|df=yes}} | | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|12|03|df=yes}} | ||
| birth_place = [[Saharanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India | | birth_place = [[Saharanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]] | ||
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]] | | nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]] | ||
| organization = [[Bhim Army]] | | organization = [[Bhim Army]] | ||
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'''Chandrashekhar Azad | '''Chandrashekhar Azad''' (born 3 December 1986) is an Indian lawyer and Dalit-Bahujan rights activist. He is an [[B. R. Ambedkar|Ambedkarite]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/azad-probably-an-ambedkarite-delhi-court-slams-police-794412.html|title=Azad probably an Ambedkarite: Delhi court slams police}}</ref> who is the co-founder and national president of the [[Bhim Army]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/my-son-a-dalit-revolutionary-says-bhim-army-chiefs-mother-1437081.html |title=My Son a Dalit Revolutionary, Say Bhim Army Chief's Mother |editor1-last=Thirumalai |editor1-first=Nitya |date=19 June 2017 |work=[[News18]] |url-status=live |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=30 July 2019}}</ref> In February 2021, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine featured him in its annual list of ''100 Emerging Leaders who are Shaping the Future''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/bhim-army-chief-chandra-shekhar-aazad-5-indian-origin-persons-feature-in-time-magazines-list-of-100-emerging-leaders/article33868083.ece|title=Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad, 5 Indian-origin persons, feature in Time magazine's list of 100 emerging leaders|work=The Hindu |date=18 February 2021|access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/world/five-indian-origin-persons-indian-activist-time-100-emerging-leaders-7193702/|title=Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad in Time magazine's list of 100 emerging leaders|work=The Indian Express|date=18 February 2021|access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://theprint.in/india/bhim-armys-chandra-shekhar-aazad-5-indian-origin-persons-on-time-list-of-emerging-leaders/607339/|title=Bhim Army's Chandra Shekhar Aazad, 5 Indian-origin persons on Time list of emerging leaders|work=The Print|author=Shubhangi Misra|date=18 February 2021|access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref> | ||
== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
Chandrashekhar Azad | Chandrashekhar Azad was born in December 1986 at [[Chhutmalpur]] town in [[Saharanpur district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] to Govardhan Das and Kamlesh Devi. His father Govardhan Das was a retired principal of a government school. Azad came to prominence as a [[Bahujan]] leader after a [[Billboard|hoarding]] which said "The Great Chamars of Ghadkhauli Welcome You" was installed by him on the outskirts of his village.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Phadnis |first=Aditi |date=27 December 2019 |title=Who is Chandrashekhar Azad? |work=Business Standard India |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/who-is-chandrashekhar-azad-119122701051_1.html |access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="Trivedi">{{cite news |last1=Trivedi |first1=Divya |title=Fighting spirit |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/fighting-spirit/article10036189.ece |accessdate=16 January 2019 |work=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |publisher=[[The Hindu Group]] |date=2 February 2018 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20190116210220/https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/fighting-spirit/article10036189.ece |archivedate=16 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Doval">{{cite news |last1=Doval |first1=Nikita |title=Chandrashekhar Azad—The man in the blue scarf |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/rmPhKrGml7erSdCj5u2uGN/Chandrashekhar-Azadthe-man-in-blue-scarf.html |accessdate=16 January 2019 |work=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |date=9 June 2017 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20190116211115/https://www.livemint.com/Politics/rmPhKrGml7erSdCj5u2uGN/Chandrashekhar-Azadthe-man-in-blue-scarf.html |archivedate=16 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Tiwary">{{cite news |last1=Tiwary |first1=Deeptiman |title=Walking the faultlines: The Bhim Army has been slowly gaining ground among Dalits locally |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/walking-the-faultlines-bhim-army-bjp-bsp-yogi-adityanath-mayawati-4687743/ |accessdate=20 June 2019 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=26 June 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620213649/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/walking-the-faultlines-bhim-army-bjp-bsp-yogi-adityanath-mayawati-4687743/ |archivedate=20 June 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
==Activism== | ==Activism== | ||