The correct answer is Option (4) → (E), (C), (B), (D), (A)
(E) Mohammad Iqbal speaks of the need for an autonomous Muslim state: 1930
(C) Choudhary Rehmat Ali coins the name Pakistan: 1933
(B) Congress Ministries come to power in seven provinces of British India: 1937
(D) The Muslim League demands autonomy for Muslim-majority provinces: 1940
(A) The Muslim League decides on "Direct Action" to get Pakistan: 1946
Timeline of Events associated with the Partition of India:
1930: The Urdu poet Mohammad Iqbal speaks of the need for a “North-West Indian Muslim state” as an autonomous unit within a single, loose Indian federation.
1933: The name Pakistan or Pak-stan is coined by a Punjabi Muslim student at Cambridge, Choudhry Rehmat Ali.
1937-39: Congress ministries come to power in seven out of 11 provinces of British India.
1940: The Muslim League moves a resolution at Lahore demanding a measure of autonomy for the Muslim-majority areas.
1946: Elections are held in the provinces. The Congress wins massively in the general constituencies. The League’s success in the Muslim seats is equally spectacular.
1946 March to June: The British Cabinet sends a three-member Cabinet Mission to Delhi.
1946 August: The Muslim League decides on “Direct Action” for winning Pakistan.
16 August 1946: Violence breaks out between Hindus-Sikhs and Muslims in Calcutta, lasting several days and leaving several thousand people dead.
March 1947: The Congress high command votes for dividing the Punjab into Muslim-majority and Hindu/Sikh-majority halves and asks for the application of a similar principle to Bengal; the British begin to quit India.
14-15 August 1947: Pakistan is formed; India gains independence. Mahatma Gandhi tours Noakhali in East Bengal to restore communal harmony. | 
