Arrange the following in a chronological order:
A. Champaran Movement
B. Civil Disobedience Movement
C. Chauri-Chaura Incident
D. Non-Cooperation Movement
E. Quit India Movement
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A, D, C, B, E
A. Champaran Movement — 1917. Gandhiji spent much of that year in Champaran, seeking security of tenure for the peasants against the indigo planters.
D. Non-Cooperation Movement — 1921, together with the Khilafat Movement.
C. Chauri-Chaura Incident — February 1922. After peasants torched the police station at Chauri Chaura, Gandhiji called off the Non-cooperation Movement altogether.
B. Civil Disobedience Movement — 1930, beginning with the Dandi March (March-April).
E. Quit India Movement — August 1942, after the failure of the Cripps Mission.
NCERT (2026-27): “2.1 Knitting a popular movement … Then, in February 1922, a group of peasants attacked and torched a police station in the hamlet of Chauri Chaura, in the United Provinces (now, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal). Several constables perished in the conflagration. This act of violence prompted Gandhiji to call off the movement altogether.…”
Timeline, chapter ‘Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement’ |
