United Provinces is the erstwhile name for which two states in India after independence.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal
The United Provinces of British India, where Chauri Chaura lay, are now Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal.
NCERT (2026-27): “2.1 Knitting a popular movement … As a consequence of the Non-Cooperation Movement the British Raj was shaken to its foundations for the first time since the Revolt of 1857. Then, in February 1922, a group of peasants attacked and torched a police station in the hamlet of Chauri Chaura, in the United Provinces (now, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal). Several constables perished in the conflagration.…” |