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WBCS Main Examination 2022 — Paper III: General Studies I · Question 55 of 200

Q55
Indian National MovementGandhian Era: Khilafat, NCM, CDM
The Chauri Ghaura incident took place in
  1. a.1922
  2. b.1923
  3. c.1924
  4. d.1925

Answer: (A) 1922

On 5 February 1922 a crowd at Chauri Chaura in Gorakhpur district set fire to a police station, killing 22 policemen, and Gandhi withdrew the Non-Cooperation Movement. In 1923 C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru formed the Swaraj Party. In 1924 Gandhi presided over the Belgaum session of the Congress. 1925 is the year of the Kakori train action by the Hindustan Republican Association.