Sarafaroshi ki Tamanna, a song indelibly associated with revolutionary Ram Prasad Bismil of the Hindustan Republican Association and their daring Kakori train attack!
But the song was actually written by Bismil Azimabadi, an Urdu poet from Patna just after the horrific firing at Jallianwala Bagh.
In fact, Rajput Ram Prasad Tomar took on the name 'Bismil' in celebration of the secular nature of our freedom struggle & popularized this song around the country!
After the Kakori attack Bismil was captured and hanged by the British around the same time as his close associate Ashfaqulla Khan. He was just 30.
Celebrating Ram Prasad Bismil's 129th birth anniversary, one of so many legends from our freedom struggle!