Ashfaqulla Khan

Shaheed
Ashfaqullah Khan
Ashfaqulla Khan in 1919
Born(1900-10-22)22 October 1900
Shahjahanpur, North-Western Provinces, British India
Died19 December 1927(1927-12-19) (aged 27)
Faizabad, United Provinces, British India
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
OccupationRevolutionary
OrganizationHindustan Republican Association
Known forBeing a mastermind behind the Kakori train robbery
MovementIndian independence
WebsiteOfficial website

Ashfaqulla Khan (22 October 1900 – 19 December 1927) was a freedom fighter and martyr in the Indian independence movement against British rule, and the co-founder of the Hindustan Republican Association, later to become the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.

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