HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Question
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The leaders like Subhas Chandra Bose were against it
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Chauri Chaura incident
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The non Co-operators were not enthusiastic
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Gandhiji bowed to the pressure of the British government
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Detailed explanation-1: -In February 1922, in the village of Chauri Chaura of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, the enraged crowd set fire to the police station, and 22 policemen were burnt alive. Gandhiji called off the Non-Cooperation Movement as the protestors violated his principles of non-violence. Q.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Chauri Chaura incident was the reason for the Non-cooperation movement to get suspended. Mahatma Gandhi was the one who put an end to this movement.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -On 2 February 1922, people were protesting against high meat prices at the marketplace. They were beaten by the police and many of their leaders were arrested and detained at the Chauri Chaura police station. The volunteers planned another protest against the police.
Detailed explanation-5: -The non-cooperation movement was a reaction towards the oppressive policies of the British Indian government such as the Rowlatt Act of 18 March 1919, as well as towards the Jallianwala Bagh of 13 April 1919.