अमर शहीद अशफ़ाक़उल्ला ख़ाँ: व्यक्तित्व और कृतित्व (काकोरी के अमर शहीद का जीवन व रचनाएँ)

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O. P. 68. the gigantic movement of Non-co-operation. The Indian masses were
in a fighting mood because they believed that the coming Swaraj
will make an end to their misery and starvation. It is true
that their enthusiasm was not aroused by any economic programme
but they instinctively looked forward for a better economic
condition. This belief of theirs was strengthened when the
slogan of non-payment of taxes was brought forward. Let us not
repeat the past mistake. Let us have a more clear outlook than
hitherto possessed by our leaders. When in future we call for non-
payment of taxes, let us really mean it. The masses this time 10
will be ready to fight more vigorously and more consciously.
Our work is to agitate and organise the masses on economic pro-
gramme and finally lead them to a general strike or you may
call it civil disobedience. "
" We want to impress upon our countrymen with all the
earnestness we are capable of to begin with a new phase of
the movement with an economic programme reflecting the im-
mediate demands of the workers and peasants—the proletarians
of the country and commence a struggle subordinating all re-
ligious and communal questions to the great politico-economic 20
one. The ideal before young India should be neither going to the
golden age of the Vedas, nor saving of the empire of the Khalifa,
but to free the Indian people from the political and economic serf-
dom. The National workers should speak to the Indian masses in
terms of their daily needs—land, bread, housing, clothing, etc, only."
52. Several of the other papers found in Ashfaqullah's box
are important. Ex. P. A-3 is a translation of a
[Side note: Other papers found in Ashfaqullah's box.] letter written to his mother. In this he in-
forms her that he is still in India. ' The time
has not yet come, and I got no opportunity. 30
O. P. 69: Plans are being made'. This clearly implies that he was trying to
leave India. He refers to the attachment of the family property
which had followed his disappearance and asks his mother to sign
and post a letter which he is sending her. This is apparently one
of the letters of which Exh. P. A 10 or P. A 11 are translations. Both
these letters are addressed to the Home Member, United Provin-
ces, in the same strain, and purport to have been written by Ash-
faqullah's mother. He wanted her to send one of these letters
to the press. They deal mainly with the attachment of the family
property. 40
Ex. P. A 5 is a translation of a letter addressed to Maulana
Abdul Majid. It begins by saying that the writer was wandering
from place to place from the 26th September 1925. It asks the ad-
dressee to assist the writer to leave India. Two methods are
suggested; first of all that a passport might be obtained for him
under an assumed name from the Amir with the help of some
influential man of Delhi; secondly that financial assistance might