Vadodara: While modern thinkers will ignore Bard ‘what is in the name?’ Dialogue as a cliche, name, more specifically the family name in India, is ‘Be all of the’ individual identity.
Dignity, really in the Badge of the clan worn across the arm with enthusiasm.
And if you read something like ‘Azad’, it is clearly a stamp as a ‘part of the Line of Freedom’.
Welcome to Vadodara, where more than seven decades ago, some freedom fighters from Banyan City have submitted their dedicated family names to adopt ‘Azad’ or ‘unbroken’ as part of their identity, while choosing to devote their lives to The reason is to free the country from British slavery.
Baroda is a prince country, but inspired by Clarion Mahatma Gandhi’s call like Rasik Shah, Chandrakantbhai and Padmaben handed over their names and plunged into the struggle for freedom.
Although not much is known about Chandrakantbhai Azad and Padmaben Azad now, Rasikbhai Azad is still famous in the city of Vadodara when he has roamed many young men from the city to join the Gandhian path and even establish an ashram in Savli Taluka.
In fact, far later Vadodara Municipal Corporation respected Freedom Fighter by naming a crossroads near the Karelibauug water tank as a racial azad chowk.
“Despite history remembering Chandrashekhar Azad, my uncle, who was also inspired by Gandhiji for the movement decided to bring down the names of the original family and attach the word ‘azad’ to his name.
He has even vowed not to marry the country to be free,” Nephew Rashikbhai Manhar Shah Telling Toiy.rasikbhai, who worked in Nyay Mandir, handed over its duties to join the freedom and even arrested from the local district of Gujarat and was jailed six times, where he continued ‘Satyagraha’ for the living conditions of the better prisoners, ” Shah said, who runs Janjagruti Abhiya Vadodara for raising awareness about the freedom movement.
In 1987, Rasikbhai died.
“RS 30,000 funds were collected later to start trust to continue His work, which I could only do after the Cargil War.
It’s still active, “Shah added.