Exactly 89 years ago from today,The Kakori Revolution (also called, the Kakori Conspiracy or Kakori train robbery) was a train robbery that took place between Kakori and Alamnagar, near Lucknow, on 9 August 1925 during the Indian Independence Movement against the British Indian Government. The robbery was organised by the Hindustan Republican Association to snatch the British revenue from the train... The robbery plan was executed by Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, Rajendra Lahiri, Chandrashekhar Azad, Sachindra Bakshi, Keshab Chakravarty, Manmathnath Gupta, Murari Sharma,Mukundi Lal and Banwari Lal... They looted only these bags containing some 8,000 Rupees and escaped to Lucknow while not a single Indian was looted, because the targets of the mission were: 1)To get money for the organization which was intended to get it from the opponent British Administration itself. 2)To get some public attention by creating a positive image of the HRA among Indians to overcome the bad image of the HRA which was created by British Administration. 3)To shake the British Administration by taking away money from them. ................................................... 40 persons were arrested from all over India........ #RamPrasadBismil, #AshfaqullahKhan(1st Muslim martyr of Indian National Movement), #RajendraNathLahiri and #RoshanSingh, were sentenced to death by the Court of Justice. 16 others were either given life sentences or long prison terms varying from 3 years to 14 years. Banwari Lal was also sentenced for 2 years... #ChandrasekharAzad, reorganised the HRA in 1928 and shot himself on 27 February 1931 at Chandrasekhar Azad Park, Allahabad as he did not want to get caught by the British.......... Lets remember the martyrs who gave their life for the noble cause of Indian Freedom Struggle............... Ram Prasad Bismil,Asfaqullah Khan,Rajendra Nath Lahiri,Roshan Singh,Chandrashekar Azad amar rahe.........._/\_ #JayHind
Posted on: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 08:26:48 +0000
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