Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Question:

Revolutionary hero Ashfaqulla Khan was sentenced to death for _________________.

Options:

the murder of Saunders

burning of the Chauri Chaura police station

the Kakori Train Robbery

the Alipore Conspiracy Case

Correct Answer:

the Kakori Train Robbery

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 3 - The Kakori Train Robbery

Revolutionary hero Ashfaqulla Khan was sentenced to death for the Kakori Train Robbery.

The Kakori Train Robbery was a daring act of defiance against British rule in India. On 9 August 1925, a group of young Indian revolutionaries led by Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqulla Khan robbed a train carrying British government money at Kakori, near Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The revolutionaries used the money to fund their revolutionary activities.

The Kakori Train Robbery was a major setback for the British government. It showed that the Indian people were no longer willing to submit to British rule. The robbery also inspired other revolutionaries to take up arms against the British.

Ashfaqulla Khan was one of the main accused in the Kakori Train Robbery case. He was arrested and tried by a British court. He was found guilty and sentenced to death. Khan was hanged on 19 December 1927.