Kakori Conspiracy - The Robbery

The Robbery

On August 9, 1925, the Number 8 Down Train travelling from Saharanpur to Lucknow was approaching the town of Kakori (now in Uttar Pradesh), when one of the revolutionaries pulled the chain to stop the train and overpowered the guard. It is believed that they looted that specific train because the train was supposed to carry the money-bags belonging to the British Government Treasury in the guard's cabin. They looted only these bags and escaped to Lucknow while not a single Indian was looted, because the targets of the mission were:

1. To get money for the organization which was intended to get it from the opponent British Administration itself.
2. To get some public attention by creating a positive image of the HRA among Indians to overcome the bad image of the HRA which was created by British Administration.
3. To shake the British Administration by taking away money from them.

Following the incident, started an intense manhunt and arrested several of the revolutionaries involved in the HRA. Their group captain Ram Prasad Bismil was arrested at Saharanpur on September 26, 1925, and his lieutenant Ashfaqullah Khan was arrested ten months later at Delhi.