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:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
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. The Urdu poet spoke of such a state as an autonomous unit within a single, loose Indian federation.
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, moved by the Muslim League.
D. The Muslim League declares “Direct Action” for winning Pakistan — August 1946.
B. Violence broke out between Hindus and Muslim in Calcutta — 16 August 1946. The violence lasted several days and left several thousand people dead.
Note: This question is taken from the chapter ‘Understanding Partition’ which was there in the pre-rationalised NCERT and has been deleted from subsequent editions of NCERT, including the NCERT book (2026-27).
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part III — Chapter 14: Understanding Partition (Pre-rationalised)
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