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PM Modi remembers Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Chandra Shekhar Azad

Indo Asian News Service, New Delhi | ByIndo Asian News Service
Jul 23, 2017 01:35 PM IST

The two men were among the cluster of freedom fighters who spearheaded the Indian freedom movement.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to freedom fighters Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Chandra Shekhar Azad on their birth anniversaries.

Chandra Shekhar Azad was born on July 23, 1906 in Bhavra village, in the present-day Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh.(INC/ Twitter)
Chandra Shekhar Azad was born on July 23, 1906 in Bhavra village, in the present-day Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh.(INC/ Twitter)

“Remembering Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Chandra Shekhar Azad and their rich contribution to India’s freedom struggle, on their birth anniversary,” Modi tweeted.

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Congress party also tweeted tributes on the birth anniversaries of the two freedom fighters.

Tilak was born in Ratnagiri in Maharashtra on July 23, 1856 while Chandra Shekhar Azad was born on July 23, 1906 in Bhavra village, in the present-day Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh.

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