Kakori railway station explained

Kakori railway station
Type:Express train and Passenger train station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:State Highway 25, Kakori, Uttar Pradesh
Country:India
Other:Auto stand
Elevation:130m (430feet)
Structure:Standard (on-ground station)
Platform:2
Tracks:4
Parking:No
Bicycle:No
Electrified:Yes
Owned:Indian Railways
Status:Active

Kakori railway station is a small railway station in Lucknow district, Uttar Pradesh. Its code is KKJ. It serves Kakori village.

History

On 9 August 1925, the station came into light of the world history when Indian revolutionary Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, Rajendra Lahiri, Chandrashekhar Azad, Sachindra Bakshi, Keshab Chakravarty, Manmathnath Gupta, Murari Lal Gupta (fake name of Murari Lal Khanna), Mukundi Lal (Mukundi Lal Gupta) and Banwari Lal snatched the government's treasury from a train. The incident is called as Kakori train robbery or the Kakori conspiracy case of British period.[1]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20110916130548/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-09/lucknow/29868140_1_kakori-shaheed-smarak-memorial-ram-prasad-bismil Tourist spot tag may uplift Kakori