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.
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.
Mukesh Meshram as the Principal Secretary of Tourism and Culture oversaw the planning of the Chauri Chaura centenary celebrations in 2021. Under his supervision, the state government set a Guinness World Record for the largest online video album, featuring over 1.4 lakh people reciting ‘Vande Mataram’.[2]
References
- ^ “Villages & Towns in Chauri Chaura Tehsil of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh”.
- ^ “100 years of Chauri Chaura: From textbook to Guinness Book”. The Times of India. 4 February 2021.
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