Chandrashekhar Prasad: Difference between revisions

Chandrashekhar Prasad was born on 20 September 1964 in [[Siwan, Bihar]] in a [[Kushwaha]] or the [[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}}</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 involved in the [[All India Students Federation]] as an active member but became disillusioned with the federation some time afterwards. In 1990, he joined [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] for a [[MPhil]] degree in [[English literature]]. He later started working on a PhD on Bihar's popular folk theater form ''Bidesia'' but was assassinated before he could complete it.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/red-island-erupts/203394|title=Red Island Erupts|last=Joshi|first=Rajesh|date=16 April 1997|website=[[Outlook India]]|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref>