Correct option is D
The correct answer is: (d) Chauri Chaura Incident
Explanation:
On 4th February 1922, Mahatma Gandhi decided to suspend the Non-Cooperation Movement and went on a five-day fast in response to the Chauri Chaura Incident.
On 4th February 1922, Mahatma Gandhi decided to suspend the Non-Cooperation Movement and went on a five-day fast in response to the Chauri Chaura Incident.
In this incident, a mob of villagers in Chauri Chaura, Uttar Pradesh, set fire to a police station, killing 22 policemen.
Information Booster:
The Non-Cooperation Movement had started in 1920 in response to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the Khilafat issue.
Gandhi's decision to suspend the movement was based on the belief that violence was incompatible with the principle of non-violence (Ahimsa).
Additional Information:
- Noakhali riots – These were communal riots that took place in Bengal in 1946.
- Jallianwala Bagh massacre – Took place on 13 April 1919, where General Dyer ordered firing on a peaceful gathering in Amritsar.
- Kakori conspiracy – Took place in 1925, where members of the Hindustan Republican Association (like Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqulla Khan) looted a train carrying government money.
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