shootout at Alfred Park

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The shootout at Alfred Park was a famous 1931 armed confrontation in Allahabad where Indian revolutionary Chandrasekhar Azad was cornered by British police and died fighting rather than surrender.

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instanceOf armed confrontation
historical event
incident of the Indian independence movement
aftermath increased popularity of Chandrasekhar Azad as a martyr
alsoKnownAs Alfred Park encounter
Azad’s last stand
associatedWith Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
causeOfDeathOf Chandrasekhar Azad
cityCurrentName Allahabad
surface form: Prayagraj
cityFormerName Allahabad
commemoratedAt Chandra Shekhar Azad Park
surface form: Chandrashekhar Azad Park, Prayagraj
commemoratedBy renaming of Alfred Park to Chandrashekhar Azad Park
country India
date 27 February 1931
endedWith suicide by Chandrasekhar Azad to avoid capture
governingPowerAtTime British Empire
hasCulturalImpact featured in Indian films and literature about revolutionaries
hasLegacy site regarded as a place of nationalistic pilgrimage
hasSignificance symbol of revolutionary resistance against British rule
historicalContext period of intensified revolutionary activities in early 1930s
location Alfred Park
Allahabad
British India
United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
mainParticipant Chandrasekhar Azad
memorialType statue of Chandrasekhar Azad at the site
notableFor Chandrasekhar Azad choosing to die fighting rather than surrender
opponent British colonial police
partOf Indian independence movement
perpetratorSide British colonial authorities
policeForceInvolved Uttar Pradesh Police
surface form: United Provinces Police
relatedTo Bhagat Singh
Chandrasekhar Azad
Kakori train robbery
surface form: Kakori conspiracy
result death of Chandrasekhar Azad
revolutionarySide Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
timePeriod British colonial era in India
typeOfConflict police encounter
urban gunfight
weaponUsed revolver
year 1931

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Chandrasekhar Azad knownFor shootout at Alfred Park