UPSC Prelims 2025·GS1·history·modern history

Who provided legal defence to the people arrested in the aftermath of Chauri Chaura incident?

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  1. AC. R. Das
  2. BMadan Mohan Malaviya and Krishna KantCorrect
  3. CDr. Saifuddin Kitchlew and Khwaja Hasan Nizami
  4. DM. A. Jinnah

Explanation

Madan Mohan Malaviya and Krishna Kant provided legal defense to the people arrested in the aftermath of the Chauri Chaura incident. The Chauri Chaura incident occurred on February 5, 1922, when a peaceful protest turned violent and resulted in the death of 22 policemen. The British authorities arrested hundreds of people in connection with the incident. Malaviya, being a prominent lawyer and Congress leader, along with Krishna Kant, took up the legal defense of those arrested. This incident led Gandhi to call off the Non-Cooperation Movement as he believed the movement had taken a violent turn, which was against his principles of non-violence. The legal defense provided by Malaviya and others was crucial in ensuring fair trials for the accused during this sensitive period of the freedom struggle.
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