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The people of the district did not forget the 19 persons tried and executed after the Chauri Chaura incident. In 1971, they formed an association named Chauri Chaura Shaheed Smarak Samiti. In 1973, this Samiti constructed near the lake at Chauri Chaura a 12.2-metre-tall (40 ft) triangular minaret on each side of which a figure is depicted ...
Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura 1922-1992 is a 1995 book by Shahid Amin. [1] A Professor of History at Delhi University , Amin was a Visiting Fellow at Stanford , Princeton , and Berlin . He also authored Sugarcane and Sugar in Gorakhpur (1984).
Mundera Bazar is a town and a nagar panchayat in Gorakhpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.MRs. Sunita Gupta , is the chairman of this nagar panchayat. Mundera Bazar is related to the Chauri Chaura incident of 5 February 1922, who many commentators, following tradition established by R. Palme Dutt in India today, have continued to condemn decision taken by Gandhiji to withdraw ...
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A dramatic incident unfolded at a sacred Sikh shrine in northern India on Wednesday when a prominent politician was shot at during a religious observance.. The shooter, Narain Singh Chaura ...
Chauri Chaura (Pargana: Haveli, Tehsil: Gorakhpur) is a town near Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. The town is located at a distance of 16 km from Gorakhpur, on the State Highway between Gorakhpur and Deoria. [1] The town railway station is located 25 km south-east of Gorakhpur Junction.
Chauri Chaura incident (1922) and withdrawal of Non-cooperation movement by Mahatma Gandhi; Formation of Swaraj Party (1923) Appointment of Lee Commission (1923) on public services reforms [20] Railway budget was separated from general budget since 1924 (this tradition continued till 2016) Kakori train robbery (1925)
A small sleepy village named Chauri Chaura has found a place in history books due to an incident of violence on February 5,1922,which was to prompt Gandhi to withdraw the non-cooperation movement. The police here had beaten up the leader of a group of volunteers campaigning against liquor sale and high food prices,and then opened fire on the ...