Ministry of Culture, Government of India as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrated the birth anniversary of Saheed Ram Prasad Bismil in June, 2021 at which one of the following places in Uttar Pra

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Ministry of Culture, Government of India as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrated the birth anniversary of Saheed Ram Prasad Bismil in June, 2021 at which one of the following places in Uttar Pradesh?

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Correct — B, Shahjahanpur. Ram Prasad Bismil, the revolutionary of the Kakori train action, was born on 11 June 1897 at Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh. In June 2021 the Ministry of Culture marked his birth anniversary at Shahjahanpur as part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav commemorations of 75 years of independence.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Wrong — Chauri Chaura (Gorakhpur district) is remembered for the February 1922 incident that led Gandhi to withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement; it is not Bismil's birthplace.  (c) Wrong — Rampur has no association with Bismil's birth; it is a decoy.  (d) Wrong — Ballia is celebrated for the 1942 Quit India revolt (the short-lived 'Ballia Republic' under Chittu Pandey); Bismil was born at Shahjahanpur, not Ballia.

Concept: Ram Prasad Bismil (1897-1927) was a leading revolutionary of the Hindustan Republican Association and a central figure in the Kakori train action of 9 August 1925, when revolutionaries looted a government treasury from a train near Kakori. He was hanged at Gorakhpur Jail on 19 December 1927. He was born at Shahjahanpur, UP, where his birth anniversary was commemorated in June 2021.

State PCS 2021 Q94 — History PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2021 Q94 — History PYQ with Answer