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December 19, 1927

On December 19, 1927, three Indian revolutionaries, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan, are executed by the British Raj for participation in the Kakori conspiracy. Paul Salamunovich, Herbert R. Axelrod, Paul Salamunovich would arrive in the same year.

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1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1927th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 927th year of the 2nd millennium, the 27th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1920s decade.

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  1. 1927 Three Indian revolutionaries, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan, are executed by the British Raj for participation in the Kakori conspiracy.

    Indian revolutionary, poet & writer (1897–1927)

    Ram Prasad Bismil was an Indian poet, writer, and revolutionary who fought against British Raj, participating in the Mainpuri Conspiracy of 1918, and the Kakori Conspiracy of 1925. He composed in Urdu and Hindi under pen names Ram, Agyat अज्ञात (anonymous) and Bismil (wounded), becoming widely known under the latter. "Bismil" was not his real surname; it was his pen name.

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Paul Salamunovich 1927– American conductor and educator (died 2014)
Herbert R. Axelrod 1927– American tropical fish expert, publisher of pet books, and entrepreneur (died 2017)
Paul Salamunovich 1927– American conductor and educator (died 2014)
Herbert R. Axelrod 1927– American tropical fish expert, publisher of pet books, and entrepreneur (died 2017)
Paul Salamunovich 1927– American conductor and educator (died 2014)
Herbert R. Axelrod 1927– American tropical fish expert, publisher of pet books, and entrepreneur (died 2017)

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