RAS question
The Kakori Train Robbery occurred on which railway line?
Correct answer: (C) Lucknow-Saharanpur line (8 Down train).
The Kakori Train Robbery took place on the Lucknow-Saharanpur line, on the 8-Down Saharanpur-Lucknow passenger train at Kakori near Lucknow on 9 August 1925.
Explanation
The Kakori action is tied to a specific railway service, not merely to the town of Kakori. The Ministry of Culture account says Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan and others carried out the plan to loot the train at Kakori near Lucknow on 9 August 1925. The train was the 8-Down Saharanpur-Lucknow passenger train on the Lucknow-Saharanpur line. The revolutionaries stopped the train at Kakori, overpowered the guard and took cash meant for the treasury. The episode became the Kakori conspiracy case: Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqullah Khan, Rajendra Lahiri and Roshan Singh were later hanged.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) The Bombay-Pune line is not connected with the Kakori action; the robbery took place on the 8-Down Saharanpur-Lucknow passenger train near Lucknow.
- (B) The Delhi-Lahore line is wrong because the train stopped at Kakori was the Saharanpur-Lucknow passenger service.
- (D) The Calcutta-Delhi line does not fit the event, which occurred at Kakori near Lucknow on the Saharanpur-Lucknow passenger train.
Concept
Revolutionary nationalism in the modern Indian freedom struggle includes the Hindustan Republican Association and the Kakori conspiracy. RAS often asks such events through precise dates, places, organisations and associated revolutionaries.