Chauri Chaura

• Date de parution : 15/01/2014
• Editeur : Penguin Books Ltd Digital
• EAN : 9789351188469
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• Support : Livre numérique

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Based on new documents, facts and talking to local residents, Chauri Chaura is the first extensive and authentic book on this event in hindi . On 4th February 1922 around 4 pm over 2000 village folk under the leadership of farmers surrounded the Chauri Chaura police post. Tired of long... Voir plus

Based on new documents, facts and talking to local residents, Chauri Chaura is the first extensive and authentic book on this event in hindi . On 4th February 1922 around 4 pm over 2000 village folk under the leadership of farmers surrounded the Chauri Chaura police post. Tired of long exploitation and insult of the British rule, they put the police post ablaze in which the 24 policemen trapped inside were burnt to death. Going beyond the debate of violence and non-violence, this book explores the root causes of the socio political milieu which forced the dalit, poor people to take this step. This book will take you to the nondescript village of Chauri Chaura of 1922 which would in the coming years was to shape the freedom movement of the country. Chauri Chaura is a strong academic work which is told with suavity of fiction by a master storyteller of our times. Note: This book is in the Hindi language and has been made available for the Kindle, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle Paperwhite, iPhone and iPad, and for iOS, Windows Phone and Android devices.