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95 years ago, 10 HSRA freedom fighters looted a train carrying a government chest near a small village at Kakori. Most of them carried a German made Mauser pistol.
The British later arrested about 40 people for conspiracy against the British government.
The British later arrested about 40 people for conspiracy against the British government.
The main conspirator, Ram Prasad Bismil, is responsible for making the Urdu poem Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna popular.
Written by another Bismil - Bismil Azimabadi, the poem is widely attributed to Bismil for using it as a war cry during the British Raj.
Written by another Bismil - Bismil Azimabadi, the poem is widely attributed to Bismil for using it as a war cry during the British Raj.
The co-conspirator Ashfaqulla Khan had an immense interest in poetry and bonded with Bismil over their common aim of a United India and a love of poetry.
The master story teller @joybhattacharj has a very good thread about the Kakori Conspiracy. Do read. https://twitter.com/joybhattacharj/status/1292347567448064000?s=20
