Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the centenary celebrations of the Chauri Chaura incident on Thursday (February 4) via videoconferencing.
What was the Chauri Chaura incident?
A group of freedom fighters had set ablaze a police station at Chauri Chaura in Gorakhpur district of the then United Province (now Uttar Pradesh) on February 4, 1922, to protest against the high-handedness of the British regime. The incident claimed the lives of 22 policemen and three freedom fighters. As many as 19 freedom fighters were given capital punishment for this one incident.
PM Modi released a postage stamp to mark the beginning of the centenary celebrations of the Chauri Chaura incident.
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh attempted to create a world record during the Chauri Chaura centenary celebrations, when around 50,000 children from all districts recited ‘Vande Mataram’ on February 3 from 10 am to 12 noon on February 4.
The state government plans to make…