Train: 15004 Gorakhpur - Kanpur Anwarganj Chauri Chaura Express
Date of Journey: 4-5 April 2022
Locomotive: Kanpur (CNB) WAP-7 37484
Enjoy the night & day journey highlights from Gorakhpur to Kanpur via Varanasi, Madho Singh (Mirzapur), Prayagraj & Fatehpur, onboard Chauri Chaura Express.
आजादी के मतवालों ने 4 फरवरी, 1922 को अंग्रेजी शासन के विरोध में गोरखपुर के चौरी चौरा पुलिस स्टेशन को जला दिया था, जिसकी याद में चौरी चौरा एक्सप्रेस का संचालन किया जा रहा है।
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HISTORY BEHIND THE NAME 'CHAURI CHAURA':
It is named after the town of Chauri Chaura in Uttar Pradesh which is famous for the Chauri Chaura incident of 1922.
The Chauri Chaura incident took place on 5 February 1922 at Chauri Chaura in the Gorakhpur district of the United Provinces (modern-day Uttar Pradesh) in British India, when a large group of protesters participating in the non-cooperation movement, were fired upon by the police. In retaliation the demonstrators attacked and set fire to a police station, killing all of its occupants. The incident led to the death of three civilians and 22 policemen. Mahatma Gandhi halted the non-cooperation movement on the national level on 12 February 1922, as a direct result of this incident. In spite of Gandhi's decision, 19 arrested demonstrators were sentenced to death and 14 to imprisonment for life by the British colonial authorities.
Indian Railways named this train to honour those executed after the Chauri Chaura incident.
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