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The Kakori Revolution (also called, the Kakori Conspiracy or Kakori train robbery or Kakori Case) 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. The robbery was conceived by Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqullah Khan who belonged to the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA), which later became the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. This organisation was established to carry out revolutionary activities against the British Empire in India with the objective of achieving independence. Since the organisation needed money for purchase of weaponry, Bismil and his party decided to plunder a train on one of the Northern Railway lines.〔Dr. Mehrotra N. C. ''Swatantrata Andolan Mein Shahjahanpur Ka Yogdan'' page 117.〕 The robbery plan was executed by Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, Rajendra Lahiri, Chandrashekhar Azad, Sachindra Bakshi, Keshab Chakravarty, Manmathnath Gupta, Murari Sharma (fake name of Murari Lal Gupta), Mukundi Lal (Mukundi Lal Gupta) and Banwari Lal.〔Dr. Mahaur Bhagwandas ''Kakori Shaheed Smriti'' page 30〕〔Sharma Vidyarnav ''Yug Ke Devta : Bismil Aur Ashfaq'' page 118〕 One passenger was killed by an accidental shot. ==Robbery== On 9 August 1925, the Number 8 Down Train travelling from Shahjahanpur to Lucknow was approaching the town of Kakori (now in Uttar Pradesh), when one of the revolutionaries pulled the chain to stop the train and overpowered the guard. It is believed that they looted that specific train because train was supposed to carry the money-bags belonging to the British Government Treasury in the guard's cabin. One passenger was killed by an accidental shot, making it a murder case. 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: # To get money for the organisation which was intended to get it from the opponent British Administration itself. # 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. # To shake the British Administration by taking away money from them. Following the incident, started an intense manhunt and arrested several of the revolutionaries involved in the HRA. Their group captain Ram Prasad Bismil was arrested at Saharanpur on 26 September 1925, and his lieutenant Ashfaqullah Khan was arrested ten months later at Delhi. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kakori conspiracy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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