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#AshfaqullaKhan one of the revolutionaries involved in Kakori , close associate to Ram Prasad Bismil, who was hanged along with him. Another of our heroes who laid down their lives for our freedom.
Thread on his Jayanti today.
Apart from being home to one of the more well known musical gharanas, and home town of sarod player Amjad Ali Khan, Shahjahanpur was a hub of the revolutionary movement, both Bismil and Ashfaqullah Khan were from here.
Ashfaqullah Khan was born on October 22, 1900, the youngest of six siblings, son of Mohd. Shafiqullah Khan and Majroonissa Begum.While his father, came from a modest background, his mother came from a well off family, whose men were highly educated.
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From PFI to Owaisi, Congress to Communists, they want to glorify Tipu, never #AshfaqullaKhan. Why?

Dec 18, 1927, a day before he was hanged by British, Ashfaqulla wrote
“I shall go empty handed but with the pain, that when will Hindustan be a free nation once again.
Bismil is a Hindu he says “I shall come, I shall come again and again, till I free Bharat from the foreigner”. I also wish to say the same as Bismil, but am bound by my religion. I am a Muslim, do not believe in rebirth; but if I meet Allah, I shall spread my arms in front of
him, and ask him not for Jannat, but just one opportunity to be reborn again to free India.

Ashfaqulla Khan was born on 22 Oct 1900 in Shahjahanpur, UP. His father’s family was Pathan while his mother’s was mainly involved in administrative services.
Khan had a flair for Urdu
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