Question

Which of the following incidents made Gandhiji suspend to the Non-Cooperation Movement?

• A. Killing of hundreds of people at Amritsar by General Dyer.
• B. Violent clash of agitators with police at Chauri Chaura.
• C. Violent Guerrilla War in the hills of Andhra Pradesh.
• D. Forcible imposition of Rowlatt Act on the people.

Answer 1

The correct option is B Violent clash of agitators with police at Chauri Chaura.

The movement was in full swing when in Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur, the police fired upon a Congress procession of 3,300 peasants. The angry crowd set the police station on fire, killing 22 policemen. Gandhiji had always emphasised that the movement should be peaceful and non-violent . after this incident he called off the movement in 1922.