Lahore Conspiracy Case trial

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The Lahore Conspiracy Case trial also known as the First Lahore Conspiracy Case, were the trials held in Lahore (then in Undivided India) in the aftermath of the failed Ghadar conspiracy in 1915. The trial was held by a Special tribunal constituted under the Defence of India Act. Out of a total of 291 conspirators tried,42 were awarded the death sentence, 114 transported for life and 93 awarded varying terms of imprisonment. 42 defendants in the trial were acquitted. The uncovering of the conspiracy also saw the intiation of the Hindu German Conspiracy trial in the USA.

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