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 Prayagraj ⓘ
linked to: Allahabad
cityFormerName Allahabad ⓘ
commemoratedAt 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 United Provinces Police ⓘ
relatedTo Bhagat Singh ⓘ
Chandrasekhar Azad ⓘ
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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