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Prem Kishan Khanna (2 January 1894〔Swadhinta Sangram Ke Krantikari Sahitya Ka Itihas (Volume-1) page 227〕 – 3 August 1993) was an active member of the Hindustan Republican Association from Shahjahanpur U.P. Khanna was a contractor〔Kakori Shaheed Smriti page 89〕 for Indian Railways. He was a close associate of noted revolutionary Ram Prasad Bismil.〔''Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna'' (Volume-1) page 7〕 Khanna had a license to own a Mauser pistol, which was occasionally used by Bismil for his various revolutionary actions. He was arrested in the Kakori conspiracy case against the British Empire, and was prosecuted〔Gupta Manmathnath ''Bhartiya Krantikari Andolan Ka Itihas'' page 213〕〔Vidyarnav Sharma ''Yug Ke Devta: Bismil Aur Ashfaq'' page 118〕 and sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment〔 for giving his arms licence to Bismil who used it to purchase 150 cartridges〔Dr. Mehrotra N.C. ''Swatantrata Andolan Mein Shahjahanpur Ka Yogdan'' page 133〕 on his behalf, which was a criminal offense. He was released from jail in 1932. Later in life, he remained a bachelor and worked for Indian Independence. He was elected as Member of Parliament from Shahjahanpur (Lok Sabha constituency) in 1962 and 1967. He died on 3 August 1993〔 in the district hospital of Shahjahanpur. ==Birth== Prem Kishan Khanna was born to Raibahadur〔Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna (Volume-1) page 7 〕 Ram Kishan Khanna on 2 February 1894 in Lahore〔 now in Pakistan. His grandfather, Dr. Har Narayan Khanna, was a Civil Surgeon in Western Punjab of British India. Khanna's father was a Chief Divisional Engineer for British Indian Railways, then-headquartered in Shahjahanpur, a historic city in what was then called United Province of Agra and Audh, now Uttar Pradesh. When Khanna was born, his father was posted in Lahore and looking after extensions of railways in the state of Punjab, Pakistan. Khanna's father was honored with the Crown of Raibahadur by the British government for his honesty in his work and diligent discharge of his duty. 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「Prem Krishna Khanna」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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