ASHFAQULLA KHAN:
Date of birth: 22nd October, 1900 date of death: 19th December, 1927
Ashfaqullah Khan was a freedom fighter in national movement who had given away his life along with Ram Prasad Bismil for the betterment of his country. Bismil and Ashfaq, both were good friends and Urdu poets. Bismil was the pen name or Takhallus of Ram Prasad whereas Ashfaq used to write poetry with the pen name of ‘Hasrat’. Both were hanged on the same day, date and time but in different jails.
He was born at Shahjahanpur, a historical city of Uttar Pradesh. His father, Shafiq Ullah Khan belonged to a Patan family who was famous for militancy. His maternal uncle was more knowledgeable where so many members had served in the police and administrative services of British India. In 1922, he met Ram Prasad Bismil at a meeting and then onwards both were fight together against British till their death.
The case of Kakori conspiracy was concluded by awarding death sentence to four daredevils, Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqullah Khan, Rajendra Lahiri and Thakur Roshan Singh. The 16 others were awarded the rigorous punishment varying from four years upto life sentence. By an eye witness account, on a Wednesday, four days before he was hanged, two English officers looked into the solitary cell where Ashfaqullah Khan was lodged. He was in the middle of his namaz, “I would like to see how much of that faith remains in him when we hang the rat”, quipped one of them. But he continued his prayer as usual and both of them went away murmuring like a wind’s way.
On Monday, 19th December, 1927, Ashfaq is known to have taken two steps at a time, as he walked up to the post. When his chains were released, he reached for the hanging rope and kissed it by saying like, “my hands are not soiled with the murder of a man. The charges framed against me are a bare false. God will give me justice”.
Ashfaq was a very good Urdu poet who wrote beautiful couplets and ghazals with pen names of ‘Warsi’ and ‘Hasrat’.
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Ashfaqulla Khan, a nationalist revolutionary who revolted against the British empire risking his life for the liberation of his motherland, India, was born on 22nd October, 1900 in Shahjahanpur of Uttar Pradesh in a wealthy Zamindari family. Shafiqullah Khan and Mazaharunnisa Begum were his parents. Because of his mother’s influence, he developed interest in literature and became an acclaimed poet in Urdu. He was involved in anti-government activities since his school days and expressing his resentment against the government through his poems. He got himself introduced to Ram Prasad Bismil, who was the president of the ‘Hindustan Republican Association’. Initially Bismil hesitated to give membership to Ashfaqulla in his revolutionary organisation. Later, Bismil was convinced with the commitment of Ashfaqulla and allowed him to become the member of ‘Hindustan Republican Assoication’. Ashfaqulla actively participated in several actions under the leadership of Bismil planned to rob a train containing the government treasure at Kakori, to procure arms and ammunition for the revolution. Ashfaqulla opposed the idea and warned that the government would oppress the revolutionaries with full force, if such a robbery took place. However, as disciplined activist and a democrat as he was, finally agreed to the idea of Bismil as a majority members of the organisation had supported it. He played a vital role in getting the plan successfully implemented. When the train was passing through Kakori village on 9th August, 1925 carrying the government treasure, it was robbed. This incident shocked the British government. It relentlessly attacked the revolutionaries and arrested the members of the revolutionary organisation. Ashfaqulla went underground after the incident. After a year, he was arrested in Delhi because of a betrayer from his own village, who provided information to police. During the trial, he wished to save Bismil taking total responsibility for the Kokari train robbery incident. He even did not heed the advice of his advocate and wrote to the Privy Council that he was responsible for the entire incident. Later on, the court sentenced Ashfaqulla Khan to death. He was executed on 19th December, 1927 in Fyzabad Jail.
Ashfaqulla Khan Indian Freedom Fighter
Date of birth: 22nd October, 1900 date of death: 19th December, 1927
Ashfaqullah Khan was a freedom fighter in national movement who had given away his life along with Ram Prasad Bismil for the betterment of his country. Bismil and Ashfaq, both were good friends and Urdu poets. Bismil was the pen name or Takhallus of Ram Prasad whereas Ashfaq used to write poetry with the pen name of ‘Hasrat’. Both were hanged on the same day, date and time but in different jails.
He was born at Shahjahanpur, a historical city of Uttar Pradesh. His father, Shafiq Ullah Khan belonged to a Patan family who was famous for militancy. His maternal uncle was more knowledgeable where so many members had served in the police and administrative services of British India. In 1922, he met Ram Prasad Bismil at a meeting and then onwards both were fight together against British till their death.
The case of Kakori conspiracy was concluded by awarding death sentence to four daredevils, Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqullah Khan, Rajendra Lahiri and Thakur Roshan Singh. The 16 others were awarded the rigorous punishment varying from four years upto life sentence. By an eye witness account, on a Wednesday, four days before he was hanged, two English officers looked into the solitary cell where Ashfaqullah Khan was lodged. He was in the middle of his namaz, “I would like to see how much of that faith remains in him when we hang the rat”, quipped one of them. But he continued his prayer as usual and both of them went away murmuring like a wind’s way.
On Monday, 19th December, 1927, Ashfaq is known to have taken two steps at a time, as he walked up to the post. When his chains were released, he reached for the hanging rope and kissed it by saying like, “my hands are not soiled with the murder of a man. The charges framed against me are a bare false. God will give me justice”.
Ashfaq was a very good Urdu poet who wrote beautiful couplets and ghazals with pen names of ‘Warsi’ and ‘Hasrat’.
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Ashfaqulla Khan, a nationalist revolutionary who revolted against the British empire risking his life for the liberation of his motherland, India, was born on 22nd October, 1900 in Shahjahanpur of Uttar Pradesh in a wealthy Zamindari family. Shafiqullah Khan and Mazaharunnisa Begum were his parents. Because of his mother’s influence, he developed interest in literature and became an acclaimed poet in Urdu. He was involved in anti-government activities since his school days and expressing his resentment against the government through his poems. He got himself introduced to Ram Prasad Bismil, who was the president of the ‘Hindustan Republican Association’. Initially Bismil hesitated to give membership to Ashfaqulla in his revolutionary organisation. Later, Bismil was convinced with the commitment of Ashfaqulla and allowed him to become the member of ‘Hindustan Republican Assoication’. Ashfaqulla actively participated in several actions under the leadership of Bismil planned to rob a train containing the government treasure at Kakori, to procure arms and ammunition for the revolution. Ashfaqulla opposed the idea and warned that the government would oppress the revolutionaries with full force, if such a robbery took place. However, as disciplined activist and a democrat as he was, finally agreed to the idea of Bismil as a majority members of the organisation had supported it. He played a vital role in getting the plan successfully implemented. When the train was passing through Kakori village on 9th August, 1925 carrying the government treasure, it was robbed. This incident shocked the British government. It relentlessly attacked the revolutionaries and arrested the members of the revolutionary organisation. Ashfaqulla went underground after the incident. After a year, he was arrested in Delhi because of a betrayer from his own village, who provided information to police. During the trial, he wished to save Bismil taking total responsibility for the Kokari train robbery incident. He even did not heed the advice of his advocate and wrote to the Privy Council that he was responsible for the entire incident. Later on, the court sentenced Ashfaqulla Khan to death. He was executed on 19th December, 1927 in Fyzabad Jail.
Ashfaqulla Khan Indian Freedom Fighter
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