Chandra Shekhar Azad

Chandra Shekhar Azad, born in 1906, was Bhagat Singh's close comrade in the independence cause. He was also a member of the Hindustan Republican Association and one of India's most daring freedom fighters against the British. He shot himself with his Colt handgun after murdering numerous opponents during a confrontation with British forces. He vowed he'd never be apprehended alive by the British.

Chandra Shekhar Azad

• reorganised the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) under its new name of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association