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Correct Answer: Option (A) — Both A and R are true but R is the correct explanation of A.
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Standard Reference VerifiedAssertion (A) is correct: Mahatma Gandhi suspended the Non-Cooperation Movement through the Bardoli Resolution in February 1922. Reason (R) is correct: On 4 February 1922, a violent mob set fire to a police station at Chauri Chaura (Gorakhpur, UP), killing 22 policemen. Because Gandhi insisted on absolute adherence to non-violence (Ahimsa) as an inviolable prerequisite for mass action, this outbreak directly caused him to halt the movement. Thus, R is the correct explanation of A.
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