Azad was arrested by the British when he was 15
Indian revolutionary Chandra Shekhar Azad, popularly known as 'Azad', was arrested by the British at the age of 15 years, for participating in Mahatma Gandhi's Non-Cooperation Movement. Born on July 23, 1906, he fought for the Indian independence struggle till the age of 24 years, before shooting himself to keep his pledge of never being caught alive.