Arrange the following movements led by Mahatma Gandhi in a chronological order.
A. Kheda Movement
B. Ahmedabad Workers Movement
C. Non-Cooperation Movement
D. Civil Disobedience 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) → B, A, C, D, E
(B) Ahmedabad Workers Movement — 1918. In 1918 Gandhiji was involved in two campaigns in Gujarat. First, he intervened in a labour dispute in Ahmedabad, demanding better working conditions for the textile mill workers.
(A) Kheda Movement — 1918, after Ahmedabad: then he joined peasants in Kheda in asking the state for the remission of taxes following the failure of their harvest.
(C) Non-Cooperation Movement — 1921, together with the Khilafat Movement; Gandhiji called it off in February 1922 after the violence at Chauri Chaura.
(D) Civil Disobedience Movement — 1930; it began with the Dandi March (March-April).
(E) Quit India Movement — began in August 1942.
NCERT (2026-27): “2. The Making and Unmaking of Non-cooperation … Mahatma Gandhi was to spend much of 1917 in Champaran, seeking to obtain for the peasants security of tenure as well as the freedom to cultivate the crops of their choice. The following year, 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. These initiatives in Champaran, Ahmedabad and Kheda marked Gandhiji out as a nationalist with a deep sympathy for the poor. At the same time, these were all localised struggles.…”
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