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{{Short description|Indian politician (1964–1997)}}
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{{Infobox person | name = Chandrashekhar Prasad
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1964|9|20}}
| birth_place = [[Siwan, Bihar]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|3|31|1964|9|20|df=y}}
| death_cause = [[Assassination]]
| education = [[Sainik School, Tilaiya]]<br />[[Patna University]]<br />
[[Jawaharlal Nehru University]]
| occupation = [[Activist]]<br />Student
| organization = [[All India Students Association]] (AISA)
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation]]
| mother = Kaushalya Devi
}}
'''Chandrashekar Prasad''' (20 September 1964 – 31 March 1997),<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/politics/gun-killed-jnus-chandrashekhar-secular|title=The Gun That Killed JNU's Chandrashekhar 20 Years Ago Was 'Secular'|last=Kant|first=Krishna|date=1 April 2017|website=[[The Wire (India)]]|access-date=2020-04-01|archive-date=4 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504102628/https://thewire.in/politics/gun-killed-jnus-chandrashekhar-secular|url-status=live}}</ref> popularly known as '''Chandu'''<ref name=":3" /> and '''Comrade Chandrashekhar'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scroll.in/article/817220/shahabuddin-and-bihars-feudal-lords-joined-hands-to-check-the-cpi-ml-s-growth-in-the-state|title=Interview: 'Shahabuddin is not alone when it comes to impunity enjoyed by the powerful'|website=Scroll.in|accessdate=12 June 2023|archive-date=27 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927135802/http://scroll.in/article/817220/shahabuddin-and-bihars-feudal-lords-joined-hands-to-check-the-cpi-ml-s-growth-in-the-state|url-status=live}}</ref> was a [[student leader]] and later an activist affiliated to the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation]].<ref name=":4">{{cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/jnu-sedition-row/2016/02/18/before-kanhaiya-came-chandu-a-jnu-president-killed-19-years-ago|title=Before Kanhaiya Came 'Chandu': A JNU President Killed 19 Years Ago|publisher=The Quint|access-date=2 September 2016|date=2016-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911093025/https://www.thequint.com/jnu-sedition-row/2016/02/18/before-kanhaiya-came-chandu-a-jnu-president-killed-19-years-ago|archive-date=11 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He graduated from the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]], and served as the president of the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union]] for two terms.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> Prasad played a key role in the development of [[All India Students Association]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/jnu-elections-shahabuddin-bail-rjd-mp-protests-340378-2016-09-10|title=After elections, JNU students to raise voice against RJD MP Shahabuddin's bail|last=Purkayastha|first=Parbina|date=10 September 2016|website=[[India Today]]|language=en|access-date=2020-04-01|archive-date=16 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816071934/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/jnu-elections-shahabuddin-bail-rjd-mp-protests-340378-2016-09-10|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 31 March 1997, he was assassinated by sharpshooters allegedly in the employ of [[Mohammad Shahabuddin (Indian politician)|Mohammad Shahabuddin]] of the [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]], while addressing street corner meetings in the district town of [[Siwan, Bihar]] in support of a strike.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/three-sentenced-to-life-in-chandrasekhar-murder-case/article3220897.ece|title=Three sentenced to life in Chandrasekhar murder case|date=2012-03-25|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-03-10|archive-date=27 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227080204/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/three-sentenced-to-life-in-chandrasekhar-murder-case/article3220897.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> His assassination led to remarkable student protests across India.<ref name=":0" /> In 2012, four people were convicted
==Early life and education==
Chandrashekhar Prasad was born on 20 September 1964 in [[Siwan, Bihar]] in a [[Kushwaha]] or [[Koeri]] family.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cpiml.net/liberation/2019/02/remembering-chandu-friend-and-comrade|website= CPI-ML|title= Biography of Chandrashekhar Prasad|access-date= 12 June 2023|archive-date= 24 July 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220724020800/http://cpiml.net/liberation/2019/02/remembering-chandu-friend-and-comrade|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forwardpress.in/2013/01/jnu-travails-of-a-dalit-comrade-president/|title=JNU: Travails of A Dalit Comrade President|website=forward Press|accessdate=12 June 2023|archive-date=29 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129120804/https://www.forwardpress.in/2013/01/jnu-travails-of-a-dalit-comrade-president/|url-status=live}}</ref> His father was a sergeant in the [[Indian Air Force]] who died of a heart attack when he was 8 years old. His mother, Kaushalya Devi states that she only got {{INRConvert|150||lk=on|year=1973}} as compensation for her husband's service to the forces but made sure her son was educated well.<ref name=":5">{{cite web|url=http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main30.asp?filename=Ne020607Betrayed_by.asp|title=Betrayed by Revolution: "'The CPI (ML) hails Chandrashekhar as a martyr. But his aged mother feels her son's sacrifice was in vain''|date=2 September 2016|publisher=[[Tehelka]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310142820/http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main30.asp?filename=Ne020607Betrayed_by.asp|archive-date=10 March 2016|access-date=2 September 2016}}</ref> Chandrashekhar completed his [[intermediate education]] at [[Sainik School, Tilaiya|Sainik School]] in [[Jhumri Telaiya|Jhumri Tilaiya]]. Following his schooling, he was selected for [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]] training in [[Pune]]. He joined the program but left it after 2 years, stating dissatisfaction.<ref name=":1" /> He subsequently enrolled in [[Patna University]] and became
== Political activism ==
Chandrashekhar Prasad became associated with the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation]] during the formation of the [[All India Students Association]].<ref name=":3" /> In an [[Aligarh]] town hall, he expressed his desire to bring a "revolution" for clean politics in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2016/feb/18/kanhaiya-should-not-meet-slain-jnu-student-leader-chandrashekhar-prasads-fate/5244279a83113d990e77197300fd9af3|title=Kanhaiya should not meet slain JNU student leader Chandrashekhar Prasad's fate|last=Rahmani|first=Hussain|date=18 February 2016|website=[[Rediff]]|language=en|access-date=2020-04-03|archive-date=16 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816071936/https://news.rediff.com/commentary/2016/feb/18/kanhaiya-should-not-meet-slain-jnu-student-leader-chandrashekhar-prasads-fate/5244279a83113d990e77197300fd9af3|url-status=live}}</ref> He is credited
Prasad was deputed as a youth leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation in Siwan. He began campaigning against corruption and alleged criminal leaders of the region. He is described to have made considerable inroads as a mass leader and posed a threat to the [[Janata Dal]] (later split into [[Janata Dal (United)]] and [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]), the ruling party in Bihar. After his death, [[Brij Bihari Pandey]] stated that [[Mohammad Shahabuddin]], the Member of Parliament from the [[Siwan (Lok Sabha constituency)|Siwan constituency]] was threatened by the activism of Chandrashekhar who was considered as a candidate from the constituency in the upcoming elections.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" />
==Assassination==
Prasad was addressing a
=== Student protests ===
Following the
=== Investigation and trial ===
On 26 February 2012, following the investigation by the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]], a [[special court]]<ref name=":5" /> convicted 3 of the accused, sentenced them to [[life imprisonment]] and fined each of them a sum of {{INRConvert|40000||lk=on|year=2012}}. The general secretary [[Dipankar Bhattacharya]] however expressed dissatisfaction with the verdict and stated that the verdict was "disappointing inadequate" and that the courts had skirted the "political charecterisation of the murder" by ignoring the charges on [[Mohammad Shahabuddin]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/three-sentenced-to-life-in-chandrasekhar-murder-case/article3220897.ece|title=Three sentenced to life in Chandrasekhar murder case|date=2012-03-25|work=The Hindu|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402111424/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/three-sentenced-to-life-in-chandrasekhar-murder-case/article3220897.ece|archive-date=2020-04-02|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> the prime accused in the case. On 23 March 2012, a fourth accused was sentenced for life whose trial had run separately and a fifth accused had died during the course of the trials, therefore, no convictions were brought against him.<ref name=":2" /> Following the trials, the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation]] states that the CBI treated the crime like a case of random shooting instead of a political assassination. The party maintains the position that no justice was granted with the verdict where a young activist was killed by a sitting member of Parliament and only his [[hitmen]] were sentenced.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.archive.cpiml.org/liberation/year_2012/may_2012/commentary_4.html|title=Who Is the Real Killer of Comrade Chandrashekhar?|website=Liberation - CPIML Archives|access-date=2020-04-03|archive-date=25 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225155421/http://www.archive.cpiml.org/liberation/year_2012/may_2012/commentary_4.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Recognition ==
In 2010, filmmaker [[Mahesh Bhatt]] initiated a project to create a biopic of Chandrashekhar Prasad titled ''Chandu''. The announcement invoked controversy against any perceived sense of distortions of facts on the contemporary figure. The project however stated that the film will not indulge in any distortion of facts for commercial gains and will be produced as a documentary film. The documentary film maker Ajay Kanchan was employed as
In 2017, a memorial statue of Chandrashekhar Prasad was installed in Gopalganj More Chowk (which has been renamed
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