These events took place in this order: the Lahore Congress session; Independence Day; a missing step; Gandhiji setting out on foot from Sabarmati towards the ocean. Which is the missing step?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → The announcement of a march to break the salt law
Option (1) The all-India campaign against the Simon Commission — Incorrect. The campaign against the all-white Simon Commission came earlier, in 1928, before the Lahore session. So it cannot sit between Independence Day and the march.
Option (2) The meeting of Congress leaders at Allahabad to plan future action — Incorrect. Congress leaders met at Allahabad only after Gandhiji's release from prison in January 1931. That was well after the march had ended.
Option (3) The announcement of a march to break the salt law — Correct. Soon after Independence Day, Gandhiji announced a march to break the salt law. The state had a monopoly over making and selling salt, and he chose it to stir wide anger against British rule. The march from Sabarmati followed this announcement.
Option (4) The election of Jawaharlal Nehru as Congress President — Incorrect. Nehru was made Congress President at the Lahore session itself, in December 1929. So this step comes before Independence Day.
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