Arrange the following events in chronological order:
(A) Mahatma Gandhi is released from prison
(B) The Quit India campaign begins
(C) Younger leaders in Satara district set up a parallel government
(D) The elections that brought the Satara parallel government to an end are held
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → B, C, A, D
(B) The Quit India campaign begins — First. After the Cripps Mission failed, Gandhi launched the Quit India campaign in August 1942.
(C) Younger leaders in Satara district set up a parallel government — Second. In 1943 younger leaders in Satara set up a parallel government (prati sarkar) with volunteer corps and village units.
(A) Mahatma Gandhi is released from prison — Third. With the end of the war in sight, Gandhi was released from prison in June 1944.
(D) The elections that brought the Satara parallel government to an end are held — Fourth. The Satara prati sarkar worked till the elections of 1946, so these elections come last.
NCERT (2026-27): “4. Quit India ““Quit India” was genuinely a mass movement, bringing into its ambit hundreds of thousands of ordinary Indians. It especially energised the young who, in very large numbers, left their colleges to go to jail. However, while the Congress leaders languished in jail, Jinnah and his colleagues in the Muslim League worked patiently at expanding their influence. It was in these years that the League began to make a mark in the Punjab and Sind, provinces where it had previously had scarcely any presence. In June 1944, with the end of the war in sight, Gandhiji was released from prison. …” “… In 1943, some of the younger leaders in the Satara district of Maharashtra set up a parallel government ( prati sarkar), with volunteer corps (seba dals) and village units (tufan dals ). They ran people’s courts and organised constructive work. Dominated by kunbi peasants and supported by dalits, the Satara prati sarkar functioned till the elections of 1946, despite government repression and, in the later stages, Congress disapproval.” |