During whose viceroyship the Kakory Train Robbery took place?

• A. Lord Hardinge II
• B. Lord Irwin
• C. Lord Chelmsford
• D. Lord Reading

Answer: (D)

Kakory Train Robbery (1925): The members of the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) looted the treasury of the British government from a train between Hardoi and Lucknow railway station. This incident is known as Kakori Train Robbery incident in the Indian history. In it, the great Indian revolutionaries viz. Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaque-ullah Khan and Roshan Singh were hanged to death. The incident took place during the viceroyship of Lord Reading.