Chandra Shekhar Azad died in a gunfight with the police at which place?
- A.Kakori, near Lucknow
- B.Alfred Park, Allahabad
- C.Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur
- D.Naini jail, Allahabad
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Alfred Park, Allahabad. Azad, the leader of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association after the Kakori case, was surrounded by the police at Alfred Park in Allahabad on 27 February 1931 and died fighting there. The park was renamed Chandrashekhar Azad Park after him and is one of the standard questions on the city, now Prayagraj.
Option A, Kakori, is where the train action of 1925 took place, in which Azad also had a part. Option C, Chauri Chaura in Gorakhpur district, is where the police post was burnt in February 1922, after which Gandhi withdrew the Non-cooperation movement. Option D, Naini jail at Allahabad, is where Thakur Roshan Singh was hanged in the Kakori case. The same city therefore holds two answers, the park and the jail, so read the question carefully.
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- C.Chaudhary Charan Singh
- D.Vishwanath Pratap Singh
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- B.Varanasi
- C.Gwalior
- D.Kanpur
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- B.Ghazipur
- C.Meerut
- D.Jhansi
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- A.Shahjahanpur
- B.Gorakhpur
- C.Faizabad
- D.Lucknow
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- B.Madan Mohan Malaviya
- C.Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
- D.Motilal Nehru
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