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'''1915 Lahore Conspiracy Case trial''' or '''First Lahore Conspiracy Case''', was a series of trials held in [[Lahore]] (then part of the undivided [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]] of [[British Raj|British India]]), and in the United States, in the aftermath of the failed [[Ghadar conspiracy]] from 26 April to 13 September, 1915. There were nine cases in total. The trial was held by a Special tribunal constituted under the [[Defence of India Act 1915]].<ref name="Gill2007">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=z0SOfZwnXZIC&pg=PA94&dq=Lahore+Conspiracy+Case+trial+1915#v=onepage|title=Trials that Changed History: From Socrates to Saddam Hussein|last=Gill|first=M. S.|date=2007|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-7625-797-8|location=New Delhi|pages=92–99|language=en}}</ref><ref name=Sohi2014>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=fCnnAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA182&dq=first+lahore+conspiracy+case+1915#v=onepage|title=Echoes of Mutiny: Race, Surveillance, and Indian Anticolonialism in North America|last=Sohi|first=Seema|date=2014|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=978-0-19-937624-7|pages=182|language=en}}</ref><ref name=Sahni2012>{{Cite journal|last=Sahni|first=Binda|date=1 May 2012|title=Effects of Emergency Law in India 1915-1931|url=https://www.eiu.edu/studiesonasia/documents/seriesIV/Sahni_Studies_Oct2012.pdf|journal=Studies on Asia|language=en|location=Rochester, NY}}</ref>
'''1915 Lahore Conspiracy Case trial''' or '''First Lahore Conspiracy Case''', was a series of trials held in [[Lahore]] (then part of the undivided [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]] of [[British Raj|British India]]), and in the United States, in the aftermath of the failed [[Ghadar conspiracy]] from 26 April to 13 September 1915. There were nine cases in total. The trial was held by a Special tribunal constituted under the [[Defence of India Act 1915]].<ref name="Gill2007">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z0SOfZwnXZIC&dq=Lahore+Conspiracy+Case+trial+1915&pg=PA94|title=Trials that Changed History: From Socrates to Saddam Hussein|last=Gill|first=M. S.|date=2007|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-7625-797-8|location=New Delhi|pages=92–99|language=en}}</ref><ref name=Sohi2014>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fCnnAwAAQBAJ&dq=first+lahore+conspiracy+case+1915&pg=PA182|title=Echoes of Mutiny: Race, Surveillance, and Indian Anticolonialism in North America|last=Sohi|first=Seema|date=2014|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=978-0-19-937624-7|pages=182|language=en}}</ref><ref name=Sahni2012>{{Cite journal|last=Sahni|first=Binda|date=1 May 2012|title=Effects of Emergency Law in India 1915-1931|url=https://www.eiu.edu/studiesonasia/documents/seriesIV/Sahni_Studies_Oct2012.pdf|journal=Studies on Asia|language=en|location=Rochester, NY|access-date=12 December 2019|archive-date=15 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715172430/https://www.eiu.edu/studiesonasia/documents/seriesIV/Sahni_Studies_Oct2012.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Out of a total of 291 convicted conspirators, 42 were executed, 114 got life sentences and 93 got varying terms of imprisonment. 42 defendants in the trial were acquitted. The uncovering of the conspiracy also saw the initiation of the [[Hindu German Conspiracy trial]] in the United States.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}
Out of a total of 291 convicted conspirators, 42 were executed, 114 got life sentences and 93 got varying terms of imprisonment. 42 defendants in the trial were acquitted. 152 persons were made accused. The uncovering of the conspiracy also saw the initiation of the [[Hindu German Conspiracy trial]] in the United States.


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Bhagat_Singh#1929_Assembly_incident_and_arrest|1929 CLA Bombing Case]], bombing of national assembly by Bhagat Singh and associates<!-- IMPORTANT: Repipe to [[1929 CLA bombing case]] once created. -->
* [[Bhagat Singh#Delhi Assembly bombing and arrest|1929 CLA Bombing Case]], bombing of national assembly by Bhagat Singh and associates<!-- IMPORTANT: Repipe to [[1929 CLA bombing case]] once created. -->
* [[Bhagat_Singh#1929_Assembly_incident_and_arrest|1929-30 Lahore Conspiracy Case]], death sentence to Bhagat Singh and associates for the murder of John Saunders<!-- IMPORTANT: Repipe to [[1929-30 Lahore conspiracy case]] once created. -->
* [[Bhagat Singh#Delhi Assembly bombing and arrest|1929-30 Lahore Conspiracy Case]], death sentence to Bhagat Singh and associates for the murder of John Saunders<!-- IMPORTANT: Repipe to [[1929-30 Lahore conspiracy case]] once created. -->
* [[Ghadar conspiracy]]
* [[Ghadar conspiracy]]
* [[Hindu German Conspiracy trial]]
* [[Hindu German Conspiracy trial]]
* [[Lahore Conspiracy Case]]s


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
*[https://www.worldcat.org/title/ghadr-partys-lahore-conspiracy-case-1915-judgment/oclc/84681509 ''Ghadr Party's Lahore conspiracy case: 1915 judgment'']. A A Irvine, Thomas Peter Ellis, Sheo Narain. Archana Publications, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A. (2006). {{OCLC| 84681509}}
*[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84681509 ''Ghadr Party's Lahore conspiracy case: 1915 judgment'']. A A Irvine, Thomas Peter Ellis, Sheo Narain. Archana Publications, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A. (2006). {{OCLC| 84681509}}
*[http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/displayPageContent.jsp?ID=23166&page=1&CategoryID=6&Searched=W3GX Panjab Digital Library]
*[http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/displayPageContent.jsp?ID=23166&page=1&CategoryID=6&Searched=W3GX Panjab Digital Library]
{{Ghadar Conspiracy}}
{{Ghadar Conspiracy}}
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{{Indian Revolutionary Movement}}

[[Category:Hindu–German Conspiracy]]
[[Category:Hindu–German Conspiracy]]
[[Category:Revolutionary movement for Indian independence]]
[[Category:Revolutionary movement for Indian independence]]

Latest revision as of 00:10, 8 September 2024

1915 Lahore Conspiracy Case trial or First Lahore Conspiracy Case, was a series of trials held in Lahore (then part of the undivided Punjab of British India), and in the United States, in the aftermath of the failed Ghadar conspiracy from 26 April to 13 September 1915. There were nine cases in total. The trial was held by a Special tribunal constituted under the Defence of India Act 1915.[1][2][3]

Out of a total of 291 convicted conspirators, 42 were executed, 114 got life sentences and 93 got varying terms of imprisonment. 42 defendants in the trial were acquitted. 152 persons were made accused. The uncovering of the conspiracy also saw the initiation of the Hindu German Conspiracy trial in the United States.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Gill, M. S. (2007). Trials that Changed History: From Socrates to Saddam Hussein. New Delhi: Sarup & Sons. pp. 92–99. ISBN 978-81-7625-797-8.
  2. ^ Sohi, Seema (2014). Echoes of Mutiny: Race, Surveillance, and Indian Anticolonialism in North America. Oxford University Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-19-937624-7.
  3. ^ Sahni, Binda (1 May 2012). "Effects of Emergency Law in India 1915-1931" (PDF). Studies on Asia. Rochester, NY. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

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