Kakori railway station
Kakori railway station | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | State Highway 25, Kakori, Uttar Pradesh India | ||||
| Elevation | 130 metres (430 ft) | ||||
| System | Express train and Passenger train station | ||||
| Owner | Indian Railways | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||
| Connections | Auto stand | ||||
| Construction | |||||
Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | ||||
| Parking | No | ||||
Cycle facilities | No | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Active | ||||
| Station code | KKJ | ||||
| Zone(s) | Northern Railway zone | ||||
| Division(s) | Moradabad | ||||
| History | |||||
| Rebuilt | 2016 | ||||
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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, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Sachindra Bakshi, Keshab Chakravarthy, Manmath Nath 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]
References
- ↑ Sinha, Arunav (9 August 2011). "Tourist spot tag may uplift Kakori". Times News Network. Archived from the original on 16 September 2011.
External links
- Kakori railway station at the India Rail Info
