#madfacts in history
A total of 228 people were brought to trial on charges of "rioting and arson" in conjunction with the Chauri Chaura affair.
Of these 6 died while in police custody, while 172 were sentenced to death by hanging following conviction in a trial which lasted eight
months.
A storm of protest erupted over the verdicts, which were characterized as "legalized murder" by Indian Communist leader M.N. Roy, who called for a general strike of Indian workers.
On April 20, 1923 the Allahabad High Court reviewed the death verdicts. Nineteen death sentences were confirmed and 110 were sentenced to prison for life, with the rest sentenced to long terms of imprisonment.