Chauri Chaura incident
| Chauri Chaura Incident | |||
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| Part of Non-cooperation Movement | |||
| Date | 4 February 1922 (Saturday) | ||
| Location | |||
| Resulted in | Chauri Chaura police station burnt down with all occupants killed | ||
| Parties | |||
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| Lead figures | |||
Bhagwan Ahir, Nazar Ali, Lal Mohammad, Meghu Tiwari and 2,000–2,500 protesters. Daroga Gupteshwar Singh † | |||
| Casualties and losses | |||
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| 225 later arrested with 6 dying in police custody, 19 executed after trial in July 1923, 99 sentenced to varying years of imprisonment with 14 people getting life imprisonment. | |||
26°38′34″N 83°35′23″E / 26.64283758611251°N 83.58969448910848°E The Chauri Chaura Incident took place on 4 February 1922 at Chauri Chaura in the Gorakhpur district of United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh) in British India. The police there fired upon a large group of protesters participating in the non-cooperation movement. In retaliation, the demonstrators attacked and set fire to a police station, killing all of its occupants. The incident led to the deaths of three civilians and 22 policemen. Mahatma Gandhi halted the non-cooperation movement on the national level on 12 February 1922 as a direct result of the incident. Nineteen arrested demonstrators were sentenced to death and 14 to life imprisonment by the British colonial authorities.