Which violent event resulted in the suspension of the Non-Cooperation movement by Mahatma Gandhi?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Chauri Chaura episode
On 5 February 1922, at Chauri Chaura in the Gorakhpur district of present-day Uttar Pradesh, a crowd set fire to the police station after the police fired on them, and 22 policemen were killed. Gandhiji held that the people were not yet ready for a non-violent struggle, and he called off the Non-Cooperation Movement, begun in 1920, in February 1922.