"Do you remember “Kakori train loot” by Ten heroes ?
It happened on 9th August, 1925. A real life drama by India’s martyrs around which this fiction is written.
India’s Non Co-operation Movement against the British Government was started with a promise to free India within a year. When it was withdrawn abruptly in 1922, thousands of young freedom fighters were disillusioned.
This deceit saw birth of a large number of revolutionaries fighting with all their might single-handedly against the ruling British in India. On this day, a team of ten young boys looted treasury of the Indian Railways near Kakori Railway Station, next to Lucknow.
An event in the Golden history of India’s freedom fights and is a fictional story woven around it.
This book brings alive those shining moments of gallantry by young, brave martyrs, who till today remain unknown to us. A nail biting portrayal of mental agony, dilemma and _ survival issues from the lives of heroes of our country and their families is a tribute to the Kakori boys.