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When was M.K Gandhi suspend after the violent act of peasants at Police station of Chauri Chaura, near Gorakhpur in UP?
A
Jan 1920
B
Feb 1920
C
Mar 1922
D
Feb 1922
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In retaliation, the demonstrators attacked and set fire to a police station, which killed all of its occupants. The incident led to the death 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Chauri Chaura incident occurred at Chauri Chaura in the Gorakhpur district of the United Province, (modern Uttar Pradesh) in British India on 4 February 1922, when a large group of protesters, participating in the Non-cooperation movement, clashed with police, who opened fire.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Non-Cooperation Movement was called off by Gandhiji after the incident of Chauri Chaura in Uttar Pradesh. On 5th Feb of 1922, the protest became violent when protesting people set fire a police station, burning 22 policemen alive.

Detailed explanation-4: -Non-cooperation movement was a movement organized by Mohandas Gandhi, to induce the British government of India to grant self-government, or swaraj, to India. The movement was suspended in February 1922 on account of Chauri Chaura incident.

Detailed explanation-5: -Why was the Non-Cooperation Movement suspended? Gandhiji called off the movement in February 1922 in the wake of the Chauri Chaura incident. In Chauri Chaura, Uttar Pradesh, a violent mob set fire to a police station killing 22 policemen during a clash between the police and protesters of the movement.

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