Considered as one of the most daring revolutionaries in India's freedom struggle, Chandrashekhar Azad was born on July 23, 1906, in Bhavra, a small village in present-day Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh. His full name was Chandrashekhar Tiwari, but he is best known by his adopted name Azad, which means "free" in Hindi. Early Life and Influe