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	Kirti Azad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kirti scored a magnificent 71, not-out, and steered India to a one-wicket victory over there arch-rivals.
		After his playing career, it appeared Kirti briefly tried his chances at broadcasting in English for television but other ex Test cricketers like Gavaskar, Shastri, Arun Lal and others had stolen a March.
		Kirti takes an important place in Indian cricket history, being a key member of the 'Kapil's Devils' team that took the World Cup of 1983 and the world by storm, winning the title, something nobody had imagined possible by India at that stage.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kirti_Azad (299 words)

	PatnaDaily.Com - Police Arrests Kirti Azad
		Azad had been facing charges stemming from his protest in Darbhanga back in May 2001 when he led a protest against irregular and inadequate power supply in his constituency.
		Two supporters of Azad were also taken into custody and arrangements were being made to shift them to the jail.
		Incidentally, Azad had refused to obtain a bail in the case.
	www.patnadaily.com /news2003/011403/kirti_azad_arrested.html (246 words)

	Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Kirti Azad - Print -
		The son of a Central Minister, Kirti Azad was an aggressive right-hand batsman and a quickish offspinner.
		Azad had his day in the sun when he played a leading part in India winning the semi-final against England, when he helped bottle up the middle order with his fastish offbreaks and earned a bonus while bowling the dangerous Ian Botham.
		Azad, a nonconformist in many ways, was a stalwart allrounder for Delhi for years and in 95 Ranji Trophy matches he scored 4867 runs (47.72) and took 162 wickets (28.91).
	www.icc-cricket.com /india/content/player/26325.html?wrappertype=print (364 words)

	The Hindu : Kirti Azad to be released
		The Hindu : Kirti Azad to be released
		A district court today ordered the release of the local MP and cricketer, Kirti Azad, arrested last night in connection with the alleged ransacking of a local Electricity Department office in 2001, even as police arrested over 100 BJP workers protesting his arrest.
		Azad, the former BJP district unit chief, Jagdish Sah, the party town president, Sanjay Sarawagi, and another leader, Katikey Kumar, were produced before Mr.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2003/01/15/stories/2003011504471300.htm (246 words)

	India Last Word By SACHIDANANDA MURTHY, Apr 20, 2003 The Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		Kirti Azad, one of the Kapil's Devils, who won the only cricket world cup for India, is a man who agrees with the women more.
		Azad, now a BJP member of Lok Sabha, is incensed that aspiring footballers belonging to the fair sex are denied encouragement by the male-dominated Federation.
		Azad, who played nine Tests and 25 one-dayers in the 1980s, is hanging his bat out for the sake of women's football.
	www.the-week.com /23apr20/events7.htm (704 words)

	cricketSCOOP \|\| Kirti Azad's 'stupidity' resurrected Kumble's career : (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		It was largely due to Delhi captain Azad's "stupidity" to bowl first after winning the toss in the 1992 Irani Trophy tie against Rest of India that allowed Kumble claim a 13-wicket haul and catch a plane to South Africa for a historic Test tour a few days later.
		Azad, however, is not taking any credit for playing a crucial part in resurrecting Kumble's career.
		Kirti Azad's 'stupidity' resurrected Kumble's career :
	www.cricketscoop.com /story/2004/10/6/21294/1132 (903 words)

	rediff.com: Kirti Azad calls for Olympics probe
		Former Test cricketer and Member of Parliament Kirti Azad on Thursday demanded a high level probe into India's participation in the Sydney Olympics.
		Azad alleged that on the air fare alone, the government shelled out Rs 2.5 million for the contingent of officials.
		Azad said, regrettably, crores of rupees were spent on ''grooming' athletes for the Olympics by sending them abroad for training over the last two years.
	inhome.rediff.com /sports/2000/oct/05azad.htm (519 words)

	Cricinfo - ``Worse than politics'' - Kirti Azad quits Selection Panel (15 October 1998)
		As reported in yesterday's CricInfo365, former Test cricketer Kirti Azad has quit his post as a selector for the Delhi and District Cricket Association.
		In his resignation letter to DDCA sports secretary Sunil Dev, Azad has said that "it is difficult for me to fit into this august committee".
		Azad, a member of the winning 1983 World Cup team, said he was "disgusted with the pressures and adjustements in the selection of the team." He added: I find that I am alone in the battle against injustice.
	content-usa.cricinfo.com /ci/content/story/77103.html (295 words)

	Web Exclusive > Chat Transcript > Kirti Azad
		Kirti Azad: Its a good young side, team for the future.
		Jhaji, if the CBI was under the home minister, Mr Advani, this question may have been discussed.the CBI is under the PM and hence, Shri Advani would have nothing to do with it.
		Kavita Singh: Mr Azad, you had recently criticised the Indian Olympic Association for FERA violation.
	www.india-today.com /chat/200011/kirti.html (1646 words)

	BJP MP Kirti Azad released from custody
		Bharatiya Janata Party MP Kirti Azad was on Tuesday afternoon released on bail along with three others by a court in Darbhanga district.
		The cricketer-turned-MP had been arrested late on Monday night in Darbhanga for vandalising the local office of the Bihar State Electricity Board during a demonstration in May 2001.
		Azad, son of former Bihar chief minister Bhagwat Jha Azad, represents Darbhanga parliamentary constituency in the Lok Sabha.
	www.rediff.com /news/2003/jan/14bihar.htm (115 words)

	ARY Gold Cup: Sharjah 2001
		There were reports from Sharjah saying the organizers, CBFS, had invited some influential politicians in a bid to pressurize the Indian government to reconsider its decision of keeping its cricket team away from 'non-regular' venues, including Sharjah, for next three years.
		Kirti Azad, a BJP MP, and filmstar turned politician Shatrughan Sinha were among those invited by CBFS.
		However, Azad said he was not aware of the motives of CBFS and neither of the invitation being extended to Sinha.
	www.yehhaicricket.com /matches2001/sharjahcup2001/news/azad_turnsdown.html (175 words)

	Cong rebel ready to googly Sheila on Kirti Azad's pitch
		They agree that Azad in his five years has not done much except get roads repaired with the help of his MLA quota.
		But the sportsmen-youth image still works for Azad: ``At least being a sportsperson, he made sure that young people had sports facilities at the local NDMC stadium,'' said Ramesh Lal, a resident.
		As the candidates get their act together on the first day of campaigning, the Sabharwal group is planning a function where he will be weighed in laddoos by the jhuggi-jhopri colony residents.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19981109/31351514.html (595 words)

	rediff.com: Kirti Azad arrested in Bihar
		Bharatiya Janata Party Lok Sabha member and former cricketer Kirti Azad was arrested in Darbhanga, Bihar on Wednesday on charges of leading a mob which locked a Bihar State Electricity Board's general manager-cum-chief engineer in his office and misbehaved with him.
		Prasad said besides Azad, BJP town president Sanjay Kumar Saraogi and former BJP district president Jagdish Shah had been arrested.
		Azad told PTI on phone from Darbhanga that his party supporters gheraoed the local electricity office demanding uninterrupted power supply.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/may/23azad.htm (153 words)

	CRICKETNEXT.COM NEWS ::: Azad disapproves of Jaya Jaitley's outburst (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		Cricketer-turned-politician Kirti Azad today disapproved the manner in which Samata Party chief Jaya Jaitley defended Ajay Jadeja after income tax officials raided the residences of the cricketer in the wake of the match-fixing scandal.
		At the showing of an edited version of an explosive tehelka.com video footage shot clandestinely by former all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar and associates, Kirti Azad told reporters such actions may hamper the course of investigation.
		Azad said "it was a fl day in the history of Indian cricket when IT people conducted massive nation-wide raids on residences of cricketers and officials.
	www.cricketnext.com /news/pti/pti398.htm (219 words)

	Maulana Azad Medical College ::
		Within the campus of Maulana Azad Medical College stands a very serene memorial to the memory of the gallant men who were hanged at that very site during the freedom struggle.
		And the very land which was the site of the prison which tortured freedom fighters in their tens of thousands and which is soaked with the blood of the patriots, we are proud to say, is now the site of a world class medical college.
		Maulana Azad Medical College is fulfilling its mandate set by the great founding fathers and is producing physicians of world class standards, setting the standards of medical education in India and is a leader in medical research in the country.
	www.mamc.ac.in /historical.htm (3818 words)

	Kirti Azad batting on a sticky wicket - Sify.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		Darbhanga, Bihar: BJP candidate from Darbhanga and former Test cricketer Kirti Azad is going the whole hog to perfect the art of facing the 'googlies' bowled by his arch rival and RJD candidate Ali Ashraf Fatmi.
		Fatmi lost to Azad in the last Lok Sabha election by a margin of 55,548 votes.
		Besides, Azad and Fatmi, CPI(ML) candidate Vaidyanath Yadav, Samajwadi Party candidate Mithilesh Yadav, BSP candidate Kamal Narain Sah and Apna Dal candidate Shafi Alam are also in the electoral fray.
	sify.com /news/politics/fullstory.php?id=13461356 (402 words)

	Cricketers and administrators condemn Chappell 'finger' - Sports News - Webindia123.com
		Former test cricketers Kirti Azad and Ashok Malhotra today flayed national team coach Greg Chappell for his alleged ''fingering'' against cricket fans and said such behaviour was ''unbecoming of his stature'' and ''against Indian culture''.
		If such things are okay in his country then he should resort to such behaviour in his country,'' former national cricketer Kirti Azad told reporters.
		Azad, however, also rapped the Eden Gardens crowd for constantly jeering the players during the fourth one dayer against South Africa here on Friday.
	news.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=174469&cat=Sports (192 words)

	Kirti Azad urges Centre to take over BCCI
		NEW DELHI, JULY 30: Member of Parliament and former test cricketer Kirti Azad has urged the Centre to take over the administration of the `high-handed, arrogant and notorious' Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) till its new constitution was drafted and office bearers elected.
		In a statement on Sunday, Kirti said this was necessary keeping in mind the continuing intransigent attitude of the BCCI regarding the match-fixing issue and other related matters like the framing of the new code of conduct for the players.
		Reminding the BCCI that it was the country's team which goes and plays cricket and not a BCCI-IX, Kirti said, ``as the BCCI seems capable of understanding this significant fact it should be immediately be disbarred by the government from representing the game.''
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/20000801/isp01026.html (1037 words)

	RJD, LJP assail Kirti Azad- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		DARBHANGA: BJP MP Kirti Azad seeems to have come under flak for attending Trinamul Congress leader Mamata Banerjeeâs public meeting in Kolkata recently against the creation of the new East Central Railway zone at Hajipur.
		Former MP and national general secretary of RJD, MAA Fatmi, while talking to newsmen at Darbhanga Club, demanded that Azad should seek apology from the people of the state for attending Mamataâs rally.
		By joining the Kolkata rally, Azad has gone against the interests of the state, alleged Fatmi, adding that it amounted to letting down âthe people of Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituencyâ.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow.asp?art_ID=17209298 (197 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Run-up to the Delhi assembly election
		Former Test cricketer Kirti Azad is faced with a googly -- in the form of shadow chief minister and Congress candidate Shiela Dixit -- in his bid for a second innings in the Delhi assembly.
		In the last assembly election in 1993, Azad had defeated his nearest Congress rival, Brij Mohan Bhama, a political lightweight as compared to Dixit, by a slender margin of about 3,300 votes.
		Her supporters, in order to reduce the effect of Azad's rapport with the electorate, announce that Dixit will convert the constituency ''into another Amethi,'' pampered when it was represented by Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.
	inhome.rediff.com /news/1998/nov/19gole.htm (794 words)

	Kirti Azad hopeful of hitting a second parliamentary six - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		Kirti Azad hopeful of hitting a second parliamentary six »
		After carving out a niche for himself as a hard hitting batsman on the cricket field, Kirti Azad jumped in the political arena.
		He was elected from Darbhanga on a BJP ticket in 1999 and is fighting it out once again for a second term.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/apr202004/iv14.asp (441 words)

	outlookindia.com
		New Delhi, Oct 29 (PTI) Ignored by the party, BJP leaders Madan Lal Khurana, Shatrughan Sinha and Kirti Azad have joined hands to float an apolitical organisation to cater to the issues of people hailing from eastern regions of the country.
		Shatrughan Sinha, at whose residence the press conference was held, was conspicuous by his absence and Khurana and Azad said he could not be present as he was travelling for some urgent work.
		The press conference was marred by a war of words between an Azad supporter and Khurana with the former questioning Khurana's contribution to the cause of the people of Poorvanchal.
	www.outlookindia.com /pti_print.asp?id=332016 (432 words)

	head
		There are four new faces including member of parliament Kirti Azad in the new panel.
		Jagdale is the only surviving member of the previous committee after erstwhile colleagues Madan Lal, Ashok Malhotra and Shivlal Yadav were ousted in the elections.
		Azad, a member of India's World Cup-winning squad in 1983, played seven Tests before retiring five years later to pursue a career in politics.
	www.dispatch.co.za /2002/09/20/sport/HEAD.HTM (163 words)

	Netguruindia News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		July 31: Cricketer turned politician Kirti Azad today came down heavily on the Board for Control of Cricket in India, describing it as "the worst offender" in the match-fixing controversy.
		He claimed that cricket has become like a religion in the country and the outbreak of the match-fixing scandal against players and officials has destroyed people's faith in the game.
		Asking the BCCI to own moral responsibility for the match-fixing scandal as it was an autonomous body, Azad sought to know why its investigations into corruption were not as transparent as the South African inquiry.
	www.netguruindia.com /news/Aug00/01/SPO5.html (172 words)

	Daily Excelsior.........sports
		National selector Kirti Azad has slammed as premature the open sesame offer for resumption of cricketing ties with Pakistan by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
		In a stance that might give the top cricket board honchos sleepless nights, Azad, who is also a BJP MP, said,’’ we had good sporting relations with our neighbours from 1978-1999.
		Azad came down heavily on holding of Indo-Pak matches on neutral venues.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/03may07/sports.htm (2547 words)

	The Hindu : Sport / Cricket : Kirti Azad sparkles
		A blistering 69 with six sixes and five fours by former Test cricketer Kirti Azad helped Leo Brunett XI beat Parliamentarians XI by 45 runs in a cricket match at the Nehru Stadium here on Saturday.
		While Kirti Azad was declared the `man of the match,' Sudhir Tandon was adjudged the `best batsman' and Rao Inderjeet Singh, the `best bowler.'
		The scores: Leo Brunett XI 233 for seven in 30 overs (Kirti Azad 69, Sudhir Tandon 44 not out, Satish 41) bt Parliamentarians XI 188 for seven in 30 overs (Harender Singh 63).
	www.hindu.com /2004/12/12/stories/2004121207081600.htm (122 words)

	Newsnotes
		In a Mandalised age, where every politician with an upper caste surname is doing his best to hide it, Kirti Azad, former cricketer and now MP from Darbhanga, has resorted to reverse swing.
		He has prefixed his neutral -- literally, since Azad means free -- surname with the family title of Jha.
		Maybe Kirti Jha Azad has aspirations to his father's old job.
	www.india-today.com /itoday/20000731/newsnote.html (502 words)

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