Gandhian Era · 4 February 1922
Chauri Chaura Incident
A crowd in Chauri Chaura (Gorakhpur) set fire to a police station after police fired on protesters, killing 22 policemen. Gandhi called off the Non-Cooperation Movement.
Causes
- Police firing on Non-Cooperation volunteers
- Rising anger among peasants
Consequences
- Non-Cooperation Movement withdrawn on 12 February 1922
- Gandhi arrested and jailed for six years
- Some young nationalists turned to revolutionary methods
Significance
Showed Gandhi's insistence on non-violence even at the cost of momentum, a decision still debated by historians.
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Sources
- Bipan Chandra et al., India's Struggle for Independence (Penguin, 1988)
- Sumit Sarkar, Modern India 1885–1947 (Macmillan, 1983)