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Chauri Chaura (1922)
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Overview
On 5 February 1922 at Chauri Chaura in Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh, an angry crowd set fire to a police station after police fired on protesters; 22 policemen were killed.
Gandhi, feeling the people were not ready for non-violence, withdrew the Non-Cooperation Movement through the Bardoli resolution of 12 February 1922.
Geography and key facts
- Date: 5 February 1922
- Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh
- 22 policemen killed
- Non-Cooperation withdrawn on 12 February 1922
Why it matters for UPSC
Asked on who gave legal defence to those arrested after Chauri Chaura (2025).
Note for UPSC
Gorakhpur, UP; led Gandhi to call off Non-Cooperation.
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Asked in PYQs
- UPSC Prelims 2025 · Q73Who provided legal defence to the people arrested in the aftermath of Chauri Chaura incident?…
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Key facts
- Type
- Freedom-struggle site
- State / UT
- Uttar Pradesh
- Year
- 1922
- Coordinates
- 26.643°N, 83.590°E
- Asked in Prelims
- 1 question · 2025
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In the lessons
- The Gandhian Era and Independence (1920–1947)
- Gandhi's Arrival, Rowlatt Satyagraha, Jallianwala Bagh and the Non-Cooperation–Khilafat Movement
- Human Values: Role of Family, Society and Educational Institutions
- Mahatma Gandhi: Truth, Non-violence and Trusteeship
- Swarajists to Civil Disobedience: Simon Commission, Purna Swaraj, Salt March and the Round Table Conferences (map lesson)
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