Kakori train robbery
E108938
The Kakori train robbery was a 1925 armed raid on a British government train in Uttar Pradesh, India, carried out by Indian revolutionaries as a high-profile act of resistance against colonial rule.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kakori conspiracy | 6 |
| Kakori train robbery canonical | 4 |
| Kakori Shaheed Diwas | 1 |
| Kakori conspiracy case | 1 |
| Kakori train robbery of 1925 | 1 |
| Kakori trial | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Kakori train robbery Context triple: [Hindustan Socialist Republican Association, notableEvent, Kakori train robbery]
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Chauri Chaura incident
The Chauri Chaura incident was a 1922 violent clash in Uttar Pradesh, India, where protesters burned a police station killing several policemen, prompting Mahatma Gandhi to call off the Non-Cooperation Movement.
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Barrackpore incident of 1857
The Barrackpore incident of 1857 was an early and pivotal act of rebellion by Indian soldiers against British rule, famously sparked by sepoy Mangal Pandey’s attack on British officers and often seen as a precursor to the wider Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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Siege of Cawnpore
The Siege of Cawnpore was a brutal and pivotal episode of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, marked by a prolonged rebel siege of British forces and the subsequent massacre of British soldiers and civilians.
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D.
Royal Indian Navy mutiny
The Royal Indian Navy mutiny was a widespread 1946 uprising by Indian sailors against British rule, seen as a pivotal moment that hastened the end of colonialism in India.
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E.
Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919 was a brutal incident in Amritsar where British troops fired on a large, unarmed gathering of Indians, killing and injuring hundreds and galvanizing the Indian independence movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Kakori train robbery Target entity description: The Kakori train robbery was a 1925 armed raid on a British government train in Uttar Pradesh, India, carried out by Indian revolutionaries as a high-profile act of resistance against colonial rule.
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A.
Chauri Chaura incident
The Chauri Chaura incident was a 1922 violent clash in Uttar Pradesh, India, where protesters burned a police station killing several policemen, prompting Mahatma Gandhi to call off the Non-Cooperation Movement.
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B.
Barrackpore incident of 1857
The Barrackpore incident of 1857 was an early and pivotal act of rebellion by Indian soldiers against British rule, famously sparked by sepoy Mangal Pandey’s attack on British officers and often seen as a precursor to the wider Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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C.
Siege of Cawnpore
The Siege of Cawnpore was a brutal and pivotal episode of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, marked by a prolonged rebel siege of British forces and the subsequent massacre of British soldiers and civilians.
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D.
Royal Indian Navy mutiny
The Royal Indian Navy mutiny was a widespread 1946 uprising by Indian sailors against British rule, seen as a pivotal moment that hastened the end of colonialism in India.
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E.
Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919 was a brutal incident in Amritsar where British troops fired on a large, unarmed gathering of Indians, killing and injuring hundreds and galvanizing the Indian independence movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
armed robbery
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event in the Indian independence movement ⓘ revolutionary action ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kakori train robbery
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surface form:
Kakori conspiracy
|
| charge | conspiracy against the King-Emperor ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn | Indian nationalist historiography ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn |
Kakori train robbery
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Kakori Shaheed Diwas
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| country | British India ⓘ |
| date | 9 August 1925 ⓘ |
| executionDateOfKeyConvicts | 19 December 1927 ⓘ |
| leader | Ram Prasad Bismil ⓘ |
| legalProceeding |
Kakori train robbery
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Kakori trial
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| location |
Lucknow district
ⓘ
near Kakori, Uttar Pradesh ⓘ |
| motive |
funding revolutionary activities
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protest against British colonial rule ⓘ |
| operatorOfTarget |
Central Railway
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surface form:
Great Indian Peninsula Railway
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| opponent |
Government of British India
ⓘ
surface form:
British colonial government
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| organisedBy |
Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
ⓘ
surface form:
Hindustan Republican Association
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| participant |
Ashfaqulla Khan
ⓘ
Banwari Lal ⓘ Chandrasekhar Azad ⓘ
surface form:
Chandrashekhar Azad
Keshab Chakravarty ⓘ Manmath Nath Gupta ⓘ
surface form:
Manmathnath Gupta
Mukundi Lal ⓘ Banwari Lal ⓘ
surface form:
Murari Lal
Rajendra Lahiri ⓘ Ram Prasad Bismil ⓘ Roshan Singh ⓘ Sachindra Bakshi ⓘ Roshan Singh ⓘ
surface form:
Thakur Roshan Singh
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| perpetrator |
Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
ⓘ
surface form:
Hindustan Republican Association
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| planningDuration | several months before August 1925 ⓘ |
| politicalContext | Indian independence movement ⓘ |
| region |
northern India
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surface form:
North India
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| result |
Kakori train robbery
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Kakori conspiracy case
arrest of many Hindustan Republican Association members ⓘ |
| sentence |
death sentence for Ashfaqulla Khan
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death sentence for Rajendra Lahiri ⓘ death sentence for Ram Prasad Bismil ⓘ death sentence for Roshan Singh ⓘ |
| significance | symbol of revolutionary resistance to British rule ⓘ |
| state | Uttar Pradesh ⓘ |
| target | Number 8 Down Train ⓘ |
| targetOwner | Government of British India ⓘ |
| typeOfCrime | train robbery ⓘ |
| victim | British Indian treasury ⓘ |
| weaponUsed | firearms ⓘ |
| year | 1925 ⓘ |
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Subject: Kakori train robbery Description of subject: The Kakori train robbery was a 1925 armed raid on a British government train in Uttar Pradesh, India, carried out by Indian revolutionaries as a high-profile act of resistance against colonial rule.
Referenced by (14)
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