Chauri Chaura incident

Lead figuresCasualties and losses225 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″N83°35′23″E / 26.64283758611251°N 83.58969448910848°E / 26.64283758611251; 83.58969448910848 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 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. Mohandas 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.