16 The Politics of the Trial

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgements vii
3. Contents xi
4. Illustrations xiii
5. Prologue 1
6. Part One
7. Introduction 7
8. Impressions 8
9. 1 The Riot and History 9
10. 2 A Narrative of the Event 12
11. Part Two
12. Introduction 19
13. 3 Chauri Chaura-Dumri-Mundera 21
14. Part Three
15. Introduction 41
16. 4 Fraudulent Reports 43
17. 5 The Lessons of the Riot 45
18. 6 The Crime of Chauri Chaura 47
19. 7 Nationalizing the Riot 51
20. 8 The Case for Punishment and Justice 57
21. 9 Dwarka Gosain's Complaint 61
22. Part Four
23. Introduction 67
24. 10 Violence and Counterinsurgency 69
25. 11 The Making of the Approver 74
26. 12 Shikari' s Testimony 85
27. 13 The Approver and the Accused 91
28. 14 Judicial Discourse 94
29. 15 The Alimentary Aspects of Picketing 101
30. 16 The Politics of the Trial 107
31. Part Five
32. Introduction 115
33. 17 Historian's Dilemma 117
34. 18 Dumri Records 119
35. 19 The Youthful Account 123
36. 20 Komal-Dacoit 126
37. 21 The Babu-saheb of Mundera 128
38. 22 The Madanpur Narrative 132
39. 23 Malaviya Saves Chotki Dumri 133
40. 24 The Great Betrayal 136
41. 25 A Powerful 'Mukhbir' 138
42. 26 The One-Seven-Two of Chauri Chaura 143
43. 27 The Policemen Dead 145
44. 28 The Darogāin 158
45. 29 The Presence of Gandhi 161
46. 30 Otiyars 175
47. 31 Chutki, or the Gift of Grain 177
48. 32 The Feast of 4 February 1922 181
49. 33 The Colour Gerua and Proper Nationalist Attire 184
50. 34 What the Otiyars Wore 187
51. 35 Witness to a History 190
52. 36 Towards Conclusion 191
53. 37 Epilogue 198
54. Appendix A: Pratigya-Patr 201
55. Notes 203