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On February 4, 1922, a large group of nationalist volunteers had gathered on the streets of a small, obscure hamlet. More than a year had passed since Mahatma Gandhi had launched the movement with the aim of attaining 'Purna swaraj' (full independence). The volunteers marched through the streets shouting slogans of Gandhi and the Khilafat. Soon they walked into the police station. Sticks and stones were thrown from one end in return for bullets from the other. As the crowd grew larger and fiercer, the cops retreated inside the police station. The protesters doused the building in kerosene and set it on fire. Twenty-three policemen perished. A total of 228 people were brought to trial in the incident, out of which 19 were sentenced to death.

(a) Where did this incident take place?

  1. Lahore
  2. Chauri Chaura
  3. Dandi
  4. Awadh

(b) Which movement did Gandhiji withdraw from because of this incident?

  1. Non-Cooperation Movement
  2. Civil Disobedience Movement
  3. Quit India Movement
  4. Anti-Partition Movement

(c) Identify the programmes which were adopted during this movement.

  1. Sawadeshi and Boycott
  2. Violent agitations
  3. Walked barefoot and bathed in the Ganga
  4. Established many British schools

(d) Identify any two impacts of the movement that was suspended due to this event.

  1. Instilled confidence in people
  2. Let the large scale communal riots
  3. Promoted Social reforms
  4. Led to the First Round table Conference

Mahatma Gandhi

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(a) Chauri Chaura

(b) Non-cooperation Movement, 1920

(c) Swadeshi and Boycott

(d) Instilled Confidence in People, and Promoted Social Reforms

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