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title: "Kakori Conspiracy 1925: Train Robbery & Trial"
description: "The Kakori Conspiracy was the 1925 HRA train robbery near Lucknow; Bismil and three others were hanged. Learn the trial, the figures, and its place in UPSC GS1."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- The Kakori Conspiracy was the 9 August 1925 armed robbery of a government treasury train near Kakori by Hindustan Republican Association revolutionaries to fund anti-British activity.
- Why is the Kakori Conspiracy increasingly called the Kakori Train Action?
- Who were executed in connection with the Kakori case?
- How does Kakori relate to the HSRA and the Lahore Conspiracy Case?
- What charges were brought against the Kakori accused?

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1. 9 August 1925

   The Kakori Conspiracy was the armed robbery of a government treasury train near Kakori by Hindustan Republican Association revolutionaries to fund anti-Brit…

2. 17 December 1927

   Lahiri was hanged at Gonda jail on ; Bismil was executed at Gorakhpur, Ashfaqulla Khan at Faizabad, and Roshan Singh at Allahabad (Naini) on 19 December 1927.

3. 19 December 1927

   Lahiri was hanged at Gonda jail on 17 December 1927; Bismil was executed at Gorakhpur, Ashfaqulla Khan at Faizabad, and Roshan Singh at Allahabad (Naini) on .

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On 9 August 1925, Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqulla Khan led Hindustan Republican Association members in halting and looting a government treasury train near Kakori, Lucknow, to fund the purchase of arms for armed revolution.

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