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title: "Chauri Chaura Incident (1922): Why Gandhi Halted"
description: "The Chauri Chaura Incident of 4 February 1922 saw a mob kill 22 policemen, prompting Gandhi to suspend Non-Cooperation—the pivot that split nationalist ranks."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Chauri Chaura Incident was the 4 February 1922 burning of a police station by protesters in the United Provinces that prompted Gandhi to suspend the Non-Cooperation Movement.
- Why did Gandhi suspend the Non-Cooperation Movement after Chauri Chaura?
- How did Congress leaders react to the suspension?
- What was the judicial outcome of the Chauri Chaura trials?
- How does Chauri Chaura differ from the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?

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1. 4 February 1922

   The Chauri Chaura Incident was the burning of a police station by protesters in the United Provinces that prompted Gandhi to suspend the Non-Cooperation Mov…

2. 2 February 1922

   The sequence of events began on , when volunteers of a local Congress and Khilafat mandal protested against high food prices and the alleged misconduct of a…

3. 12 February 1922

   At a meeting of the Congress Working Committee at Bardoli on , the Committee passed the Bardoli Resolution, suspending all aggressive activities of the Non-C…

4. 10 March 1922

   He was arrested on , tried for sedition under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, and at the historic Great Trial at Ahmedabad on 18 March 1922 was senten…

5. 18 March 1922

   He was arrested on 10 March 1922, tried for sedition under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, and at the historic Great Trial at Ahmedabad on was senten…

6. 13 April 1919

   It is not the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of , in which the colonial state was the perpetrator; at Chauri Chaura the crowd was the aggressor, which is precisel…

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On 4 February 1922, a crowd of Non-Cooperation volunteers at Chauri Chaura in Gorakhpur district set fire to a police station, killing 22 policemen, prompting Gandhi to suspend the movement days later at Bardoli.

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