Read the passage and answer the question :

"The Salt March was notable for at least three reasons. First, it was this event that first brought Mahatma Gandhi to world attention. Second, it was the first nationalist activity in which women participated in large numbers. Third, it was Salt March which forced upon the British the realisation that their Raj would not last forever, and that they would have to devolve some powers to the Indians".

Arrange the following events in a chronological order :

(A) The 'Gandhi-Irwin' Pact.
(B) Proclamation of 'Purna Swaraj'.
(C) The First Round Table Conference.
(D) All white 'Simon Commission' to India.
(E) Dandi March from Sabarmati ashram.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

(D), (B), (E), (C), (A)

The correct answer is Option (3) → (D), (B), (E), (C), (A)

1928: All white 'Simon Commission' was sent to India.
For several years after the Non-cooperation Movement ended, Mahatma Gandhi focused on his social reform work. In 1928, however, he began to think of re-entering politics. That year there was an all-India campaign in opposition to the all-White Simon Commission, sent from England to enquire into conditions in the colony. Gandhiji did not himself participate in this movement, although he gave it his blessings, as he also did to a peasant satyagraha in Bardoli in the same year.

1929: “Purna Swaraj” accepted as Congress goal at the Lahore Congress (December)
In the end of December 1929, the Congress held its annual session in the city of Lahore. The meeting was significant for two things: the election of Jawaharlal Nehru as President, signifying the passing of the baton of leadership to the younger generation; and the proclamation of commitment to “Purna Swaraj”, or complete independence.

1930: Dandi March from Sabarmati ashram (12 March 1930- 06 April 1930).
On 12 March 1930, Gandhiji began walking from his ashram at Sabarmati towards the ocean. He reached his destination three weeks later, making a fistful of salt as he did and thereby making himself a criminal in the eyes of the law. Meanwhile, parallel salt marches were being conducted in other parts of the country.

1930: The British government convened a series of “Round Table Conferences” in London. The first meeting was held in November 1930.
The British government convened a series of “Round Table Conferences” in London. The first meeting was held in November 1930, but without the pre-eminent political leader in India, thus rendering it an exercise in futility. Gandhiji was released from jail in January 1931 and the following month had several long meetings with the Viceroy.

1931: Gandhi-Irwin Pact (March)
By the terms of Gandhi-Irwin Pact it was decided that the civil disobedience would be called off, all prisoners released, and salt manufacture allowed along the coast. The pact was criticised by radical nationalists, for Gandhiji was unable to obtain from the Viceroy a commitment to political independence for Indians; he could obtain merely an assurance of talks towards that possible end.