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'''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}}</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 of his murder and [[Life Sentence|life sentences]] were awarded to each of them; all the convicted were former members of the [[Janata Dal]] (later split into [[Janata Dal (United)]] and [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/patna-hc-upholds-life-imprisonment-of-four-in-former-jnusu-president-chandrashekhar-murder-case/articleshow/69268553.cms|title=Chandrashekhar murder case: Patna: HC upholds life imprisonment of four in former JNUSU president Chandrashekhar murder case {{!}} Patna News - Times of India|last=Karmakar|first=Debashish|date=10 May 2019|website=[[The Times of India]]|language=en|access-date=2020-04-01|archive-date=7 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207000512/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/patna-hc-upholds-life-imprisonment-of-four-in-former-jnusu-president-chandrashekhar-murder-case/articleshow/69268553.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jnu-vandalised-22375|title=JNU vandalised|date=7 January 2020|website=[[Tribune India]]|language=en|access-date=2020-04-01|archive-date=7 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107095306/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jnu-vandalised-22375|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Early life and education==
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