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Chauri Chaura
Town in Uttar Pradesh, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chauri Chaura (Pargana: Haveli, Tehsil: Gorakhpur) is a town near Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. The town is located at a distance of 16 km from Gorakhpur, on the State Highway between Gorakhpur and Deoria.[1] The town railway station is located 25 km south-east of Gorakhpur Junction.
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In 1922, the Chauri Chaura incident took place in the town when protesters set fire to a police station and killed at least 22 policemen in retaliation for the police firing on several protesters who had taken part in the non-cooperation movement as part of the Indian freedom struggle. This incident is depicted in the movie Gandhi.
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