Born on June 11, 1897, Bismil was a revolutionary freedom fighter with a poet’s heart. He was hanged by British authorities for his involvement in the Kakori Train Action. Today, he is a revered symbol of patriotism and Hindu-Muslim unity.
Recalling the martyrdom of the revolutionaries at the Kakori memorial site, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that our country was definitely forced to be a hostage for some time under foreign invaders and foreign rule but the people of the country never accepted it.
Remembering Rajendranath Lahiri, the Revolutionary Who Threw Away His Sacred Thread
Lahiri can be seen as an embodiment of the transition that the Indian revolutionary movement was going through in the late 1920s.
Rajendranath Lahiri.
History17/Dec/2020
Among the Kakori martyrs, the names of three â Ashfaqullah Khan, Ram Prasad Bismil and Roshan Singh â are well remembered by every Indian, mainly because they were hanged on the same date: December 19, 1927. However, the name of the fourth martyr, Rajendranath Lahiri, hanged two days before on December 17, 1927, largely remains forgotten.
Lahiri can be seen as an embodiment of the transition that the Indian revolutionary movement was going through in the late 1920s. In terms of ideology, the revolutionary movement witnessed a refinement from anti-British nationalism towards socialism; in matters of religious beliefs, there was a shift towards atheism.