ASHFAQULLA KHAN

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He was a fighter and a martyr who gave away his life aling with Ram Prasad .

Both Ashfaqulla and Ram Prasad Bismil were close friends and Urdu .

Bismil was the or Takhallus of Ram Prasad whereas Ashfaq used to write poetry with the pen name of ' '.

Both were on the same day, date and time but in different jails (Faizabad and Gorakhpur).

When Mahatma Gandhi withdrew the Non-Cooperation Movement after the Chauri incident in 1922, so many Indian youths were left dejected and Ashfaq was also one of them. He felt that India should become free as soon as possible and so he decided to join the .

Ashfaq and Bismil had the common objective of a India.

The of the non cooperation movement united the revolutionaries scattered throughout the country.

Bismil decided to loot the government money and utilise it against the same government who had been continuously India for more than 300 years. This was a beginning of a Dacoity called Kakori .

On 9 August 1925, Ashfaqulla Khan and eight other revolutionaries looted the train under the of Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil.

Following are the few words of English reproduced from his diary: Patrotism brings with him all sort of and pains, but a man who chooses it, all the troubles and pains become and ease for him. That is why we remain up to our aim.

His affection to his motherland is .

The actions of Ashfaq Ullah Khan and his compatriots have recently been depicted in an starrer hit Bollywood movie Basanti, where his character role was played by the film actor Kapoor.