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  • The movement was called off in 1922 after the Chauri-Chaura incident, where an angry mob attacked local policemen, killing almost two dozen.

    Gandhi in Pictures 2010

  • This was something that had happened during the first Non-Cooperation Campaign in 1920-1921, e.g. when a crowd in Chauri Chaura, the United Provinces, attacked a police station, killed many of the policemen and then set fire to the police station.

    Mahatma Gandhi, the Missing Laureate 1999

  • And she sang to them all, but no one told her anything, and then she sang to the two dogs, who were named Chaura and Bhaura: --

    Folklore of the Santal Parganas Cecil Henry Bompas

  • Colonel Tod held three clans, the Tak or Takshac, the Huna and the Chaura, to be descended from Scythian or nomad Central Asian immigrants, and the same origin has been given for the Haihaya.

    The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894

  • Takshac, the Huna and the Chaura, were considered by Colonel Tod to be the representatives of the Huns or Scythians, that is, the nomad invading tribes from Central Asia, whose principal incursions took place during the first five centuries of the Christian era.

    The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894

  • For the latest info, visit www. flickr.com ♦ video location: Chaura

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • For the latest info, visit www. flickr.com ♦ video location: Chaura

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • For the latest info, visit www. flickr.com ♦ video location: Chaura

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • Chaura is wanted for many crimes and had also played an instrumental role in the Burail jail break in Chandigarh.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • For the latest info, visit www. flickr.com ♦ video location: Chaura

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

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