Arrange the following events in the correct order of their occurrence:

A. Thousands killed in Amritsar on Independence Day

B. Tension grew due to the rule of music before the mosque.

C. Pakistan Resolution passed by Muslim League.

D. Riots in Calcutta by people armed with rods and lathis.

E. Meeting between Mahatma Gandhi and Abdul Gaffar Khan in NWFP.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

B, E, C, D, A

The correct answer is option 4 - B, E, C, D, A

1920s and early 1930s- (B) Tension grew due to the rule of music before the mosque- Communal identities were consolidated by a host of other developments in the early twentieth century. During the 1920s and early 1930s, tension grew around a number of issues. Muslims were angered by “music-before-mosque”,  by the cow protection movement, and by the efforts of the Arya Samaj to bring back to the Hindu fold (shuddhi ) those who had recently converted to Islam.

October 1938- (E) Meeting between Mahatma Gandhi and Abdul Gaffar Khan in NWFP

On 23 March 1940- (C) Pakistan Resolution passed by Muslim League- The Pakistan demand was formalised gradually. On 23 March 1940, the League moved a resolution demanding a measure of autonomy for the Muslim-majority areas of the subcontinent.

August 1946- (D) Riots in Calcutta by people armed with rods and lathis- Rioters armed with iron rods and lathis on the streets of Calcutta,  August 1946.

1947 (A) Thousands killed in Amritsar on Independence Day.