HSRA Full Form

What is the full form of HSRA?

The Hindustan Socialist Republican Association is the full form of HSRA. It was formerly known as the Hindustan Republican Army (HRA) or Hindustan Republican Association (HRA). It was founded in 1923, and Ram Prasad Bismil drafted the constitution. His associates in this association were Sachindranath Sanyal, Ashfaqulla Khan, Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee, and Sachindra Nath Bakshi. The association had centers in Lucknow, Agra, Saharanpur, Allahabad, Kanpur, Shahjahanpur, and Varanasi. When Mahatma Gandhi called off the non-cooperation movement, these young activists and nationalists broke ties with the ideology of non-violence and considered violent actions as a means of achieving freedom.

Activities Of HSRA

• In order to raise funds, HSRA members attempted raids and robberies.
• Kakori conspiracy: The members of the association burgled a train near Lucknow, which had government money. Accidentally, a civilian was killed; therefore, Bismil, Rajendra Lahiri, Ashfaqulla Khan, and Thakur Roshan Singh were hanged to death in 1927.
• They carried out revolutionary activities after the severe lathi charge and death of Lala Lajpat Rai.
• With the intention of “making the deaf hear” but not injuring anyone, the members bombarded the Central Legislative Assembly on 8th April 1929.
• They bombed a train in 1929 where Lord Irwin (Viceroy of India) was travelling. He was protected.

The party disintegrated in 1931 when all the association leaders were killed or imprisoned.