Sachindra Nath Bakshi (25 December 1904 – 23 November 1984) was a prominent Indian revolutionary and one of the founding members of

Hindustan Republican Association Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA), previously known as the Hindustan Republican Army and Hindustan Republican Association (HRA), was a radical left-wing Indian revolutionary organization, founded by Sachindranath Sanyal. After ...

(HRA, which after 1928 became the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association or HSRA) that was created to carry out revolutionary activities against the

British Empire in India The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent, * * lasting from 1858 to 1947. * * It is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or direct ...

. He was one of revolutionaries who participated in the

Kakori train robbery The Kakori Train robbery (''prapt'' of Kakori conspiracy) was a train robbery that took place at Kakori, a village near Lucknow, on 9 August 1925, during the Indian independence movement against the British rule in India. It was organized by the ...

and two months later he and his friends were sent to Barrack number 11 in the Lucknow Central Jail (now called Lucknow District Jail) and was sentenced to life for the same.

Later life

In 1969 Bakshi was elected MLA of the

Bharatiya Jana Sangh The Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh) was a Hindutva political party active in India. It was established on 21 October 1951 in Delhi by three founding members: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Balraj Madhok and Deendayal ...

from

Varanasi South Varanasi (, also Benares, Banaras ) or Kashi, is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.* * * * The city has a syncretic tradition of I ...

. Once he narrated an incident related to the Kakori trial in the ''Vidhan Sabha'' which caused lot of uproar. He narrated how Jagat Narain Mulla, and his son – both of whom went on to become Congress leaders – for some money had chosen to be prosecution lawyers against the Kakori heroes.

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Freedom fighters from Varanasi

Trial
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bakshi, Sachindra Revolutionaries from Varanasi 1904 births 1984 deaths Hindustan Socialist Republican Association Bharatiya Jana Sangh politicians Politicians from Varanasi Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1969–1974