Kakori centenary: This ‘dharamshala’ was revolutionaries’ resthouse

The 111-year-old Chhedi Lal Dharamshala in Lucknow’s Aminabad market was a key location in India’s freedom struggle. It housed freedom fighters who plotted and executed the Kakori Train Action in 1925. Ram Prasad Bismil, a key figure of the Hindustan Republican Association, reportedly stayed in room 227 to plan the operation.