Ashfaqulla Khan

  • Ashfaqulla Khan (1900 – 1927) was a freedom fighter in the Indian independence movement. He was born in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
  • He was involved in the NCM. After the withdrawal of NCM he was greatly disappointed and joined revolutionaries.
  • In the mid-1920s, Khan and Bismil went on to found the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA), with the aim of winning freedom for the country through an armed revolution.
  • The immediate object of the revolutionary party in the domain of politics was to establish a federal Republic of the United State of India by an organized and armed revolution.
  • In August 1925, an armed robbery took place on board the Kakori Express, going from Shahjahanpur to Lucknow, whose objective was to fund the activities of HSRA.
  • The trial for robbery ended in April 1927, with Bismil, Khan, Rajendra Lahiri and Roshan Singh sentenced to death, and the others being given life sentences.
  • He was put to death by hanging on 19 December 1927 at Faizabad jail

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