Archive · 9 Aug 2026
Yogi Adityanath Leads 30,000-Person Tricolour March Marking Kakori Centenary
A very big group of people walked together in a city called Lucknow to remember a brave moment from India's past.
The leader of the state, Yogi Adityanath, walked at the front, and about 30,000 people joined him.
They carried flags and sang patriotic songs like 'Vande Mataram' and 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'.
Some children even carried a very long flag that was 101 feet long.
The walk was to remember something called the Kakori Train Action, which happened on August 9, 1925.
On that day, brave fighters stopped a train that was carrying government money.
They took the money to help their fight to make India free from British rule.
Yogi Adityanath said that the British called this a crime, but it was really an act of bravery for freedom.
He also said it is important for young people to learn about these heroes.
He wants everyone to proudly show the Indian flag at their homes on August 15, which is India's Independence Day.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath led a Tricolour march in Lucknow with around 30,000 people to mark the 101st anniversary of the Kakori Train Action.
The march began at about 9.20 am from 5, Kalidas Marg and covered nearly two kilometres to the Vidhan Bhavan in roughly 30 minutes.
Adityanath said Kakori was not a dacoity but a revolutionary act to free India from British rule, crediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi with giving the incident its historical identity as the Kakori Train Action.
He criticised the Congress for failing to acknowledge the contribution of revolutionaries, citing the 1922 Chauri Chaura incident.
He urged younger generations to learn the history of the freedom struggle to counter misinformation on social media and encouraged everyone to hoist the national flag at home on August 15.
The Kakori Train Action took place on August 9, 1925, when Hindustan Republican Association revolutionaries seized government treasury funds from a train near Kakori in Lucknow.
- Who
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, joined by Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, state BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary, and around 30,000 participants.
- What
- A Tricolour march and commemorative programme marking the centenary of the Kakori Train Action.
- When
- Sunday, with the march beginning at about 9.20 am; the original Kakori Train Action occurred on August 9, 1925.
- Where
- Lucknow, from 5, Kalidas Marg to the Vidhan Bhavan; the original incident took place near Kakori in Lucknow.
- Why
- To honour the Hindustan Republican Association revolutionaries who seized government treasury funds to support their armed struggle against British rule and to inspire younger generations with the history of the freedom struggle.
Revolutionary act framing
British colonial framing
Nature of the Kakori incident
Revolutionary act framing
Adityanath said Kakori was not a dacoity; the sole objective of the revolutionaries was to secure India's freedom and drive the British out.
British colonial framing
The British administration described the incident as a dacoity, a description Adityanath said unfortunately continued to be used after Independence.
Congress's role in honouring revolutionaries
Revolutionary act framing
Adityanath criticised the Congress for failing to acknowledge the contribution of revolutionaries, noting it distanced itself from the 1922 Chauri Chaura incident and suspended the Non-Cooperation Movement.
British colonial framing
The Congress's historical position, inferred from the criticism, was to distance itself from incidents like Chauri Chaura rather than embrace the revolutionary actions.
- Event
- Tricolour march and Kakori Train Action centenary programme
- Participants
- Around 30,000 people, including cabinet ministers, BJP leaders, schoolchildren and youth
- March route
- 5, Kalidas Marg to Vidhan Bhavan, nearly two kilometres in about 30 minutes
- March start time
- About 9.20 am on Sunday
- Original incident date
- August 9, 1925
- Incident location
- Near Kakori in Lucknow
- Organization behind the action
- Hindustan Republican Association
- Symbolic flag
- A 101-foot-long Tricolour carried by children