Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan were martyred on this day
On 19 December, 1927, Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqulla Khan were hanged to death for their involvement in the Kakori train conspiracy where they looted cash belonging to the British treasury. Roshan Singh, an Indian revolutionary who was previously sentenced in the Bareilly shooting case during the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1920-22, was also executed on this day.