18 Facts About Chandrashekhar Prasad

Chandrashekar Prasad, popularly known as Chandu and Comrade Chandrashekhar was a student leader and later an activist affiliated to the Communist Party of India Liberation.

Chandrashekhar Prasad graduated from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, and served as the president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union for two terms.

Chandrashekhar Prasad's assassination led to remarkable student protests across India.

Chandrashekhar Prasad was born on 20 September 1964 in Siwan, Bihar in a Kushwaha or Koeri family.

Chandrashekhar Prasad's father was a sergeant in the Indian Air Force who died of a heart attack when he was 8 years old.

Chandrashekhar Prasad completed his intermediate education at Sainik School in Jhumri Tilaiya.

Chandrashekhar Prasad joined the program but left it after 2 years, stating dissatisfaction.

Chandrashekhar Prasad subsequently enrolled in Patna University and became an active member of the All India Students Federation but became disillusioned with the federation some time afterwards.

Chandrashekhar Prasad later started working on a PhD on Bihar's popular folk theater form Bidesia but was assassinated before he could complete it.

Chandrashekhar Prasad became associated with the Communist Party of India Liberation during the formation of the All India Students Association.

Chandrashekhar Prasad is credited with almost single-handedly building up the All India Students Association during his stay in Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Chandrashekhar Prasad was elected to the body of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union as the vice president for one term and president for two terms.

Chandrashekhar Prasad is said to have played a key role in creating the foundations of labourers, students, women's and dalits rights movements among the students community.

Chandrashekhar Prasad was deputed as a youth leader of the Communist Party of India Liberation in Siwan.

Chandrashekhar Prasad began campaigning against corruption and alleged criminal leaders of the region.

Chandrashekhar Prasad is described to have made considerable inroads as a mass leader and posed a threat to the Janata Dal, the ruling party in Bihar.

In 2017, a memorial statue of Chandrashekhar Prasad was installed in Gopalganj More Chowk in Siwan, Bihar.

Kaushalya Devi, the mother of Chandrashekhar Prasad, has donated a piece of land near the memorial to the Communist Party of India Liberation for the construction of a school and a library in her son's memory.