This story is from December 20, 2021

Faizabad jail echoes with rich tributes to martyr Ashfaq Ullah

On a freezing winter morning, Ashfaq Ullah Khan, hero of the Kakori train action that shook the British Raj, walked up to the gallows with a Quran tied to his chest and embraced death.
Faizabad jail echoes with rich tributes to martyr Ashfaq Ullah
Artists perform during a play in Gomtinagar on Sunday
AYODHYA: On a freezing winter morning, Ashfaq Ullah Khan, hero of the Kakori train action that shook the British Raj, walked up to the gallows with a Quran tied to his chest and embraced death.
On Sunday, the freedom fighter’s martyrdom anniversary was observed with fervour at Faizabad Jail, where he was hanged exactly 94 years ago by the British government.
People from different walks of life, including representatives of political, social and religious organizations gathered at Faizabad Jail and paid homage at the very spot, where he was hanged.
Ashfaq Ullah Khan along with Ram Prasad Bismil and eight other revolutionaries enacted a daring heist of British treasury, which was loaded on Saharanpur-Lucknow passenger train on August 9, 1925.
A programme was organized in the prison premises by the 'Ashfaq Ullah Khan Memorial Shaheed Shodh Sansthan', an organization formed three decades ago to commemorate the martyrs of the freedom struggle.
Famous Urdu poet Nusrat Mehdi, Hindi writer Apoorv Joshi and social worker Abid Hussain, who is also known as the original 'Bajrangi Bhaijan' were conferred with ‘Mati Ratan’ award by the organization.
Talking to TOI, the organiser of the programme, Surya Kant Pandey, said, “The bond of friendship between Ashfaq Ullah Khan and Ram Prasad Bismil is a striking example of Hindu-Muslim unity and we are trying to inculcate this culture of harmony among the people. Everyone must remember their sacrifice for the country and follow the path of the two revolutionaries," he said.
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