Correct Answer - Option 2 : 1, 2, 3 and 5 only
The correct answer is 1, 2, 3 and 5 only.
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Kakori Conspiracy is also known as Kakori Kand, Kakori Conspiracy Case or The Kakori Train Robbery.
- It was an armed robbery that took place on August 9, 1925, on a train in central Uttar Pradesh.
- The robbery occurred at the town of Kakori, about 16 km from Lucknow which was where the train was headed.
- The objectives of the Kakori Kand/Conspiracy were to:
- Gain funds for the HRA by taking money from the British Administration through force.
- Create a positive image of the HRA among Indians by attacking a high-profile British government target with minimum collateral damage.
- The robbery was planned by Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqullah Khan.
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It was executed by Bismil, Khan, Chandrashekhar Azad, Rajendra Lahiri, Shachindra Bakshi, Keshab Chakravarty, Murari Lal Khanna(Gupta), Banwari Lal, Mukundi Lal Gupta and Manmathnath Gupta.
- Though no passengers were targeted by the revolutionaries, one passenger named Ahmed Ali was killed in the crossfire between the guards and revolutionaries.
- This made it a manslaughter case.
- The final verdict of the Kakori Kand was pronounced in July 1927. Around 15 people were let off by the court for lack of evidence. Death sentences were awarded to:
- Ram Prasad Bismil
- Ashfaqullah Khan
- Thakur Roshan Singh
- Rajendra Lahiri