On 4 February 1922 police fired on a crowd at Chauri Chaura and the crowd burned the police station. Gandhi announced on 10 February that he would stop civil d…
The Prime Minister inaugurated the centenary on 4 February 2021 and released a stamp. A state programme ran for a year across 75 districts.
Gandhi returned to mass civil disobedience in 1930 with the Salt March. The 1922 suspension was a pause.
The 19 men whose sentences the High Court confirmed were hanged between 2 and 11 July 1923.
Of 170 sentenced to death, 19 were confirmed, 110 commuted, 38 acquitted and 3 convicted of rioting only. Malaviya led the defence.
He was arrested on 10 March over his Young India writings and sentenced to six years on 18 March.
The Working Committee resolved to suspend civil disobedience, and Gandhi began a five-day fast.
At Bardoli he told workers he would stop civil disobedience at once, a day before the committee met.
Police fired on a crowd, killing three. The crowd then set the station alight. The policemen's toll is 21, 22 or 23 by source.
Volunteers protesting food prices and liquor sales were beaten back and their leaders arrested.
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