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On 9th August 1925, revolutionaries of the Hindustan Republican Association looted the Number 8 Down Train near Kakori, which was carrying money from the British government treasury. Their subsequent trial and execution came to be called the Kakori Conspiracy or Kakori Case.
OBJECTIVES OF KAKORI CONSPIRACY
- To fund the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) under with funds stolen from the British administration,
- To garner public attention by creating a positive image of the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) under among Indians.
The train was traveling from Shahjahanpur to Lucknow. It was looted by revolutionary freedom fighters when the train was nearing the town of Kakori in present-day Uttar Pradesh.
The plan was hatched by Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqullah Khan. It was executed by Bismil, Khan, Chandrashekhar Azad, Rajendra Lahiri, Sachindra Bakshi, Keshab Chakravarty and a few others.
One of the revolutionaries halted the train by pulling the chain and then they carried out the looting.
They were able to get around Rs.8000 from the government money bags. Not a single Indian passenger was robbed.
Unfortunately, a passenger was killed in an accidental firing. This made it a murder case.
These young revolutionaries, who were HRA members, wanted money to fund their militant activities against the British government. They needed the cash to acquire weapons to carry forward their armed struggle.
After the incident, the revolutionaries fled to Lucknow. The government started an intense search for them.
In total, about 40 people were arrested including Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqullah Khan.
Chandrasekhar Azad who could not be captured later shot himself during a shootout with the police in 1931.
The final verdict of the case was pronounced in July 1927.
Around 15 people were let off by the court for lack of evidence.
Ram Prasad Bismil, Rajendra Lahiri, Ashfaqullah Khan and Thakur Roshan Singh were awarded death sentences.
Sachindra Bakshi and Shachindra Nath Sanyal were deported to the cellular jail in Port Blair.
Others were given imprisonment of varying lengths.
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