Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian poet and activist (b. 1897)
Ram Prasad Bismil (pronunciation ) (11 June 1897 — 19 December 1927) was an Indian revolutionary who participated in the Mainpuri Conspiracy of 1918, and the Kakori Conspiracy of 1925, and fought against British rule in India. Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil was a freedom fighter who played an active role in India's freedom struggle. In memory of his contribution towards India's independence, June 11 is celebrated as his birth anniversary. He was known for being a part of the Manipuri conspiracy in 1918 and the Kakori incident in 1925. The Kakori incident was one of the important events of Jung-e-Azadi. He also had a command of Urdu and the Hindi language, which made him a prominent revolutionary. He was also a multilingual translator and his famous poem Manipuri's Pratigya became very famous. Bismil was hanged on 19 December 1927 by the British for his revolutionary activities. As well as being a freedom fighter, he was a patriotic poet and wrote in Hindi and Urdu using the pen names Ram, Agyat and Bismil. But, he became popular with the last name "Bismil" only. He was associated with Arya Samaj where he got inspiration from Satyarth Prakash, a book written by Swami Dayanand Saraswati. He also had a confidential connection with Lala Har Dayal through his guru Swami Somdev, a preacher of Arya Samaj. Bismil was one of the founding members of the revolutionary organization Hindustan Republican Association. Bhagat Singh praised him as a great poet-writer of Urdu and Hindi, who had also translated the books Catherine from English and Bolshevikon Ki Kartoot from Bengali.