Arrange the following events in sequence of their occurrence, starting from the earliest :

(A) Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Noakhali.
(B) Dandi March.
(C) Mahatma Gandhi's first public appearance at the Benaras Hindu University.
(D) Direct Action Day.
(E) Return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(E), (C), (B), (D), (A)

The correct answer is Option (2) → (E), (C), (B), (D), (A)

(E) 1915: Return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa.
(C) 1916: Mahatma Gandhi's first public appearance at the Benaras Hindu University.
(B) 1930: Dandi March.
(D) 16 August 1946: Direct Action Day.
(A) 1946 (October): Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Noakhali.

Timeline of important events in Indian Freedom movement:

1915: Mahatma Gandhi returns from South Africa
1916: First major public appearance of Gandhiji at the opening of the Banaras Hindu University (February)
1917: Champaran movement
1918: Gandhiji was involved in two campaigns in his home state of Gujarat. First, he intervened in a labour dispute in Ahmedabad, demanding better working conditions for the textile mill workers. Then he joined peasants in Kheda in asking the state for the remission of taxes following the failure of their harvest.
1919: Rowlatt Satyagraha (March-April)
1919: Jallianwala Bagh massacre (April)
1921: Non-cooperation and Khilafat Movements
1928: Peasant movement in Bardoli
1929: “Purna Swaraj” accepted as Congress goal at the Lahore Congress (December)
1930: Civil Disobedience Movement begins; Dandi March (March-April)
1931: Gandhi-Irwin Pact (March); Second Round Table Conference (December)
1939: Congress ministries resign
1942: Quit India Movement begins (August)
16 August 1946: Muslim League announces Direct Action Day
1946 (October): Mahatma Gandhi visits Noakhali and other riot-torn areas to stop communal violence.