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    The Tarapur massacre of 1932 in Bihar was one of the largest carried out by British police after Jallianwala Bagh in 1919. On February 15th, 1932, a group of young freedom fighters planned to hoist the Indian flag but police opened fire on the 4000-strong crowd after an officer was injured, killing 34 people. The protest was triggered by the executions of Bhagat Singh and others and the arrests of Gandhi and other Congress leaders after the collapse of the Gandhi-Irwin pact. The massacre site is now commemorated annually in Bihar on February 15th.

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    The Tarapur massacre of 1932 in Bihar was one of the largest carried out by British police after Jallianwala Bagh in 1919. On February 15th, 1932, a group of young freedom fighters planned to hoist the Indian flag but police opened fire on the 4000-strong crowd after an officer was injured, killing 34 people. The protest was triggered by the executions of Bhagat Singh and others and the arrests of Gandhi and other Congress leaders after the collapse of the Gandhi-Irwin pact. The massacre site is now commemorated annually in Bihar on February 15th.

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    Tarapur Massacre of Bihar

    Why in News

    Recently, Bihar Chief Minister has announced that 15th February would be commemorated as
    “Shahid Diwas” in memory of the 34 freedom fighters who were killed by police in Tarapur town
    (now subdivision) of Bihar’s Munger district 90 years ago.

    The Tarapur massacre was the biggest carried out by the British police after the one in
    Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar in 1919.

    What Happened in Tarapur?

    On 15th February, 1932, a group of young freedom fighters planned to hoist an Indian national flag
    at Thana Bhawan in Tarapur.
    Police were aware of the plan, and several officers were present at the spot.
    A 4,000-strong crowd pelted the police with stones, injuring an officer of the civil administration.
    The police responded by opening indiscriminate fire on the crowd. After about 75 rounds
    were fired, 34 bodies were found at the spot, even though there were claims of an even larger
    number of deaths.
    But only 13 of the dead could be identified.

    What Triggered the Protest?

    The hanging of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru in Lahore on 23th March, 1931, sent a
    wave of grief and anger around the country.
    Following the collapse of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact, the Mahatma was arrested in early 1932.

    By this Pact, Gandhiji consented to participate in a Round Table Conference (the Congress
    had boycotted the first Round Table Conference) in London and the government agreed to
    release the political prisoners.
    The Congress was declared an illegal organization, and Nehru, Patel, and Rajendra Prasad
    were also thrown into jail.
    In Munger, freedom fighters Srikrishna Singh, Nemdhari Singh, Nirapad Mukherjee, Pandit Dasrath
    Jha, Basukinath Rai, Dinanath Sahay, and Jaymangal Shastri were arrested.
    A call given by the Congress leader Sardar Shardul Singh Kavishwar to raise the tricolour
    over government buildings resonated in Tarapur.

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