Manmath Nath Gupta

He spent 14 years in prison following the Kakori train robbery in 1925, one of the longest sentences among the revolutionaries involved in the incident.

He was not only a revolutionary but also a trilingual author, publishing historical, autobiographical, and fictional works in Hindi, English, and Bengali after his release.

Gupta personally introduced Chandrasekhar Azad to the Hindustan Republican Association, a connection pivotal to the revolutionary movement’s leadership.

Manmath Nath Gupta's writings provided a rare insider's perspective on the revolutionary wing of India's independence movement, influencing later generations' understanding of militant activism. His editorial leadership at the Hindi magazine Aajkal helped sustain revolutionary ideas in literary circles. Institutions and historians have since used his autobiographical accounts as primary sources to study pre-independence revolutionary activities.