PM Modi Inaugurates Chauri Chaura Centenary Celebrations

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the centenary celebrations of the Chauri Chaura incident on February 4 via videoconferencing.
February 4, 2021 marks 100 years of the ‘Chauri Chaura’ incident, a landmark event in the country’s fight for independence.
PM Modi also released a postal stamp dedicated to the Chauri Chaura incident, to mark the beginning of the event.
The state government of Uttar Pradesh has planned a year of celebrations in all 75 districts of the state in the memory of the martyrs.

What is Chauri Chaura incident?

On February 4, 1922, 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) in British India, 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.