Arrange the following Gandhian movements in chronological order.
A. Rowlatt Satyagraha
B. Kheda Movement
C. Salt Satyagraha
D. Bardoli Movement
E. Champaran Movement
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → E, B, A, D, C
(E) Champaran Movement — 1917: Gandhiji spent much of that year in Champaran in Bihar, seeking security of tenure for the peasants against the indigo planters.
(B) Kheda Movement — 1918: he joined the peasants of Kheda in Gujarat in asking the state for the remission of taxes after the failure of their harvest.
(A) Rowlatt Satyagraha — 1919 (March-April), the countrywide campaign against the Rowlatt Act.
(D) Bardoli Movement — 1928: a peasant satyagraha in Bardoli, to which Gandhiji gave his blessings.
(C) Salt Satyagraha — 1930: the Civil Disobedience Movement began with the Dandi March (March-April) to break the salt law.
NCERT (2026-27): “3. The Salt Satyagraha A Case Study … 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. 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.…”
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