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Book SynopsisTaking Gandhi's statements about civil disobedience to heart, in February 1922 residents from the villages around the north Indian market town of Chauri Chaura attacked the local police station. This title explores the ways it has been remembered, interpreted, and used as a metaphor for the Indian struggle for independence.
Table of ContentsPrologue
Part One
Impressions
1 The Riot and History
2 A Narrative of the Event
Part Two
3 Chauri Chaura-Dumri-Mundera
Part Three
4 Fraudulent Reports
5 The Lessons of the Riot
6 The Crime of Chauri Chaura
7 Nationalizing the Riot
8 The Case for Punishment and Justice
9 Dwarka Gosain's Complaint
Part Four
10 Violence and Counterinsurgency
11 The Making of the Approver
12 Shikari' s Testimony
13 The Approver and the Accused
14 Judicial Discourse
15 The Alimentary Aspects of Picketing
16 The Politics of the Trial
Part Five
17 Historian's Dilemma
18 Dumri Records
19 The Youthful Account
20 Komal-Dacoit
21 The Babu-saheb of Mundera
22 The Madanpur Narrative
23 Malaviya Saves Chotki Dumri
24 The Great Betrayal
25 A Powerful 'Mukhbir'
26 The One-Seven-Two of Chauri Chaura
27 The Policemen Dead
28 The Darogain
29 The Presence of Gandhi
30 Otiyars
31 Chutki, or the Gift of Grain
32 The Feast of 4 February 1922
33 The Colour Gerua and Proper Nationalist Attire
34 What the Otiyars Wore
35 Witness to a History
36 Towards Conclusion
37 Epilogue
Appendix A: Pratigya-Patr
Notes
Abbreviations
Notes to Prologue
Notes to Part One
Notes to Part Two
Notes to Part Three
Notes to Part Four
Notes to Part Five
Bibliography
Index
