Arrange the following historical events in chronological order:
A. Second Round Table Conference
B. Gandhi-Irwin Pact
C. Quit India Movement
D. Congress Ministries resign
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → B, A, D, C
(B) Gandhi-Irwin Pact — March 1931. After his release from jail Gandhiji met the Viceroy, Lord Irwin. By the pact, civil disobedience was called off, prisoners were released and salt manufacture was allowed along the coast.
(A) Second Round Table Conference — December 1931, in London. Gandhiji represented the Congress, but the talks were inconclusive, and he returned to India to resume civil disobedience.
(D) Congress Ministries resign — 1939. When the Second World War broke out, the Congress offered help in return for a promise of independence after the war. The offer was refused, and the Congress ministries resigned in October 1939.
(C) Quit India Movement — began in August 1942, after the failure of the Cripps Mission.
NCERT (2025-26): “3.2 Dialogues … Gandhiji was released from jail in January 1931 and the following month had several long meetings with the Viceroy. These culminated in what was called the ‘Gandhi-Irwin Pact’, by the terms of which civil disobedience would be called off, all prisoners released, and salt manufacture allowed along the coast.… …A second Round Table Conference was held in London in the latter part of 1931. Here, Gandhiji represented the Congress.… …In September 1939, two years after the Congress ministries assumed office, the Second World War broke out. Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru had both been strongly critical of Hitler and the Nazis. Accordingly, they promised Congress support to the war effort if the British, in return, promised to grant India independence once hostilities ended.… The offer was refused. In protest, the Congress ministries resigned in October 1939.… 4. Quit India … After the failure of the Cripps Mission, Mahatma Gandhi decided to launch his third major movement against British rule. This was the ‘Quit India’ campaign, which began in August 1942.…” |