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:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → B, D, A, C, E
(B) Quit India Movement — 1942, perhaps the most widespread popular movement against the British Raj.
(D) The Great Calcutta Killing — August 1946; it began a year of almost continuous rioting across northern and eastern India.
(A) ‘Objectives Resolution’ in the Constituent Assembly — introduced by Jawaharlal Nehru on 13 December 1946.
(C) B. Pocker Bahadur’s plea for continuing separate electorates — made in the Constituent Assembly on 27 August 1947.
(E) R.V. Dhulekar’s speech on language — on 13 September 1949, when his speech on the language of the nation once again sparked off a huge storm in the Assembly.
NCERT (2026-27): “1. A Tumultuous Time … On 15 August 1947, India had been made free, but it had also been divided. Fresh in popular memory were the Quit India struggle of 1942 – perhaps the most widespread popular movement against the British Raj – as well as the bid by Subhas Chandra Bose to win freedom through armed struggle with foreign aid.… 1. A Tumultuous Time … In contrast, the two leading Indian political parties, the Congress and the Muslim League, had repeatedly failed to arrive at a settlement that would bring about religious reconciliation and social harmony. The Great Calcutta Killings of August 1946 began a year of almost continuous rioting across northern and eastern India (see Chapter 11).… 2. The Vision of the Constitution … On 13 December 1946, Jawaharlal Nehru introduced the ‘Objectives Resolution’ in the Constituent Assembly.… 3.1 The problem with separate electorates … On 27 August 1947, B. Pocker Bahadur from Madras made a powerful plea for continuing separate electorates.… 5.1 A plea for Hindi … Almost three years later, on 13 September 1949, Dhulekar’s speech on the language of the nation once again sparked off a huge storm.…” |