Tracing links between GPO, Chhedilal Dharamshala

While the Chhedilal Dharamshala at Aminabad provided shelter to the freedom fighters who had assembled in Lucknow ahead of the Kakori Train Action that took place August 9, 1925, the GPO, formerly known as the Ring Theatre, was the venue of their trial following their arrest

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Located nearly 2.5 kilometres away from each other in Lucknow, the General Post Office (GPO) in Hazratganj area and the Chhedilal Dharamshala in the congested Aminabad area have one thing in common - their association with the 100-year-old Kakori Train Action, which rattled the British as it signified the growing local resentment against their autocratic rule.

While the Chhedilal Dharamshala at Aminabad provided shelter to the freedom fighters who had assembled in Lucknow ahead of the Kakori Train Action that took place August 9, 1925, the GPO, formerly known as the Ring Theatre, was the venue of their trial following their arrest.

The revolutionary event was usually described as the ‘Kakori train robbery’ or the ‘Kakori train conspiracy’. In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh government renamed it as Kakori Train Action and used the new name in official communications.