A silent witness to revolutionaries’ valour
Hindustan TimesLUCKNOW: If buildings could talk, the century-old Chhedi Lal Dharmshala opposite Jhande Wala Park in Aminabad would narrate a page straight out of history, describing the courage and valour of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association revolutionaries in executing the Kakori Train Action on August 9, 1925. Uday Khatri, son of Ram Krishna Khatri who was involved in the incident, has mentioned the Chhedi Lal Guest House in his book ‘Lucknow Key Kranti Tirth’, describing how the plan was hatched in one of its rooms before it was executed by Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqullah Khan. Cash looted from ‘iron chest’ was kept in verandah Not only Room no 227 but also a big verandah of Chhedi Lal Dharmshala was used by the members of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association post robbery. Later Bismil, Khan, Rajendra Lahiri, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Shachindra Bakshi, Keshab Chakravarty, Manmathnath Gupta, Mukundi Lal, Murari Lal Gupta and Banwari Lal executed the plan between Kakori and Almannagar stations in a village called Bazpur.
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