{
  "id": 382849,
  "title": "CM Yogi Adityanath Leads 30,000-Person Tricolour March In Lucknow To Mark Kakori Train Action Centenary",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/cm-yogi-adityanath-leads-30-000-person-tricolour-march-in-lucknow-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-09T14:16:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/cm-yogi-adityanath-leads-30000-person-tricolour-march-in-lucknow-to-mark-kakori-train-action-centenary"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath led a procession of approximately 30,000 people in Lucknow on Sunday to honor the centenary of the Kakori Train Action. The march commenced at around 9:20 am from 5, Kalidas Marg, covering a distance of nearly two kilometers in about 30 minutes. Adityanath walked alongside Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, state BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary, and others, with the crowd singing national songs and chanting Vande Mataram. Children carried a 101-foot-long Tricolour to the state Assembly, and the chief minister interacted with them and took selfies. UP Women Commission vice-chairperson Aparna Yadav and BJP state vice-president Pooja Pal were among the participants. Adityanath emphasized that the Kakori Train Action was a struggle for India's freedom from British rule, criticizing both the British administration and the Congress for not recognizing the sacrifices of revolutionaries. He urged young people to honor the history of the freedom struggle and use social media responsibly to counter misinformation.",
  "summary": "Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath led a Tricolour march in Lucknow to commemorate the 101st anniversary of the Kakori Train Action, with around 30,000 people joining the procession. The event took place on August 9, 1925, when revolutionaries stopped a train carrying government treasury money to support their armed struggle against British rule. Adityanath criticized the Congress for not acknowledging the contributions of revolutionaries and warned against anti-India forces misusing social media.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}