Arrange the following in a chronological order.

A. Resolution at Lahore, demanding a measure of autonomy for the Muslim-majority areas.
B. Violence broke out between Hindus and Muslim in Calcutta.
C. The name Pakistan is coined by a Punjabi Muslim student at Cambridge, Choudhary Rehmat Ali.
D. The Muslim League declares "Direct Action" for winning Pakistan.
E. Mohammad Iqbal speaks of the need for an autonomous North West Indian Muslim state.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

E, C, A, D, B

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

E. Mohammad Iqbal speaks of the need for an autonomous North West Indian Muslim state: 1930
C. The name Pakistan is coined by a Punjabi Muslim student at Cambridge, Choudhary Rehmat Ali: 1933
A. Resolution at Lahore, demanding a measure of autonomy for the Muslim-majority areas: 1940
D. The Muslim League declares "Direct Action" for winning Pakistan: 1946 August
B. Violence broke out between Hindus and Muslim in Calcutta: 16 August 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.