page_title: Chauri Chaura incident
section_title: Memorial
hierarchical_section_title: Chauri Chaura incident / Memorial
caption_attribution_description: English: Chauri Chaura Express ready to depart from Kanpur Anwarganj station
context_page_description: The Chauri Chaura incident took place at Chauri Chaura in the Gorakhpur district of the United Province, in British India on 4 February 1922, when a large group of protesters, participating in the Non-cooperation movement, clashed with police, who opened fire. In retaliation the demonstrators attacked and set fire to a police station, killing all of its occupants. The incident led to the deaths of three civilians and 22 policemen. Mahatma Gandhi, who was strictly against violence, halted the non-co-operation movement on the national level on 12 February 1922, as a direct result of this incident.
context_section_description: A memorial to the dead policemen was dedicated by the British authorities in 1923. Following Independence the words Jai Hind were added to it, as well as a verse by poet Jagdamba Prasad Mishra which is made famous by revolutionary poet Ram Prasad Bismil. The verse reads: Shaheedon ki chitaaon par lagenge har baras mele ("On the pyres of martyrs, there will be fairs every year").
  The people of the district did not forget the 19 persons tried and executed after the Chauri Chaura incident . In 1971, they formed an association called – Chauri Chaura Shaheed Smarak Samiti. In 1973, this Samiti constructed near the lake at Chauri Chaura a 12.2 meters high triangular minaret on each side of which a figure is depicted hanging with a noose round his neck. The minaret was built at a cost of Rs 13,500 contributed by popular subscription.
  Later another Shaheed Smarak (now the main one) was built by the Government of India to honour those hanged after the incident. This tall memorial has names of those executed engraved upon it. A library & museum related to the independence struggle has been set up near the memorial.
  Indian Railways have named a train to honour those executed after the Chauri Chaura incident. The train is named Chauri Chaura Express, which runs from Gorakhpur to Kanpur.
caption: Chauri Chaura Express ready to depart from Kanpur Anwarganj
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