Identify the correct chronological order of these events.

A. 'Objectives Resolution' in the Constituent Assembly.
B. Quit India Movement.
C. B. Pocker Bahadur made powerful plea for continuing separate electorates.
D. The Great Calcutta Killing.
E. R.V. Dhulekar's speech on language.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

B, D, A, C, E

The correct answer is Option (2) → B, D, A, C, E

The correct chronological order of the events is:

B - August 1942: Quit India Movement.
D - 16 August 1946: The Great Calcutta Killing.
A - 13 December 1946: 'Objectives Resolution' in the Constituent Assembly.
C - 27 August 1947: B. Pocker Bahadur made powerful plea for continuing separate electorates.
E -  12 September 1947: R.V. Dhulekar's speech on language.

Explanation:

B - August 1942: Quit India Movement.

After the failure of the Cripps Mission, Mahatma Gandhi decided to launch his third major movement against British rule. This was the “Quit India” campaign, which began in August 1942.

D - 16 August 1946: The Great Calcutta Killing.

Direct Action Day (16 August 1946), also known as the 1946 Calcutta Killings, was a day of nationwide communal riots. The Great Calcutta Killings were a series of riots and clashes in Calcutta (now Kolkata) that occurred in August 1946, leading to significant violence and loss of life.

A - 13 December 1946: 'Objectives Resolution' in the Constituent Assembly.

On 13 December 1946, Jawaharlal Nehru introduced the “Objectives Resolution” in the Constituent Assembly. It was a momentous resolution that outlined the defining ideals of the Constitution of Independent India, and provided the framework within which the work of constitution-making was to proceed. It proclaimed India to be an “Independent Sovereign Republic”, guaranteed its citizens justice, equality and freedom, and assured that “adequate safeguards shall be provided for minorities, backward and tribal areas, and Depressed and Other Backward Classes … ” After outlining these objectives, Nehru placed the Indian experiment in a broad historical perspective. As he spoke, he said, his mind went back to the historic efforts in the past to produce such documents of rights.

C. B. Pocker Bahadur made powerful plea for continuing separate electorates.

On 27 August 1947, B. Pocker Bahadur from Madras made a powerful plea for continuing separate electorates. Minorities exist in all lands, argued Bahadur; they could not be wished away, they could not be “erased out of existence”. The need was to create a political framework in which minorities could live in harmony with others, and the differences between communities could be minimised. This was possible only if minorites were well represented within the political system, their voices heard.

E -  12 September 1947: R.V. Dhulekar's speech on language.

In one of the earliest sessions of the Constituent Assembly, R. V. Dhulekar, a Congressman from the United Provinces, made an aggressive plea that Hindi be used as the language of constitution-making. When told that not everyone in the Assembly knew the language, Dhulekar retorted: “People who are present in this House to fashion a constitution for India and do not know Hindustani are not worthy to be members of this Assembly. They better leave.” As the House broke up in commotion over these remarks, Dhulekar proceeded with his speech in Hindi. On this occasion peace in the House was restored through Jawaharlal Nehru’s intervention, but the language issue continued to disrupt proceedings and agitate members over the subsequent three years. Almost three years later, on 12 September 1947, Dhulekar’s speech on the language of the nation once again sparked off a huge storm. By now the Language Committee of the Constituent Assembly had produced its report and had thought of a compromise formula to resolve the deadlock between those who advocated Hindi as the national language and those who opposed it. It had decided, but not yet formally declared, that Hindi in the Devanagari script would be the official language, but the transition to Hindi would be gradual. For the first fifteen years, English would continue to be used for all official purposes. Each province was to be allowed to choose one of the regional languages for official work within the province. By referring to Hindi as the official rather that the national language, the Language Committee of the Constituent Assembly hoped to placate ruffled emotions and arrive at a solution that would be acceptable to all. Dhulekar was not one who liked such an attitude of reconciliation. He wanted Hindi to be declared not an Official Language, but a National Language.