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Posted 23 Oct 2024

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Ashfaqulla Khan (1900-1927)

A photograph of Ashfaqulla Khan

Recently, tribute was paid to freedom fighter Ashfaqulla Khan on his birth anniversary.  

  • He was born in 1900 at Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh.

Key Contributions

  • He along with Ram Prasad Bismil, Sachindra Nath Bakshi and Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee, founded the Hindustan Republican Association in 1924.
    • Manifesto of HRA titled “The Revolutionary” listed its objective as establishing a federal Republic of United State of India by an organized and armed revolution.
  • He participated in Kakori Train Action 1925 and was awarded death sentence along with Ram Prasad Bismil, Rajendra Lahiri and Roshan Singh.

Values 

Courage, Integrity, Justice.

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