Arrange the following events in a sequence starting with the first event:
(A) British Government takes over direct responsibility for ruling India
(B) Quit India Movement
(C) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
(D) Establishment of Indian National Congress
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A), (D), (C), (B)
Each event is placed by the year it took place.
(A) British Government takes over direct responsibility for ruling India — 1858. After the Revolt of 1857, the Government of India Act, 1858 ended the rule of the East India Company, and Queen Victoria’s Proclamation of 1 November 1858 announced the Crown’s direct rule.
(D) Establishment of Indian National Congress — 28 December 1885, at its first session in Bombay, presided over by W.C. Bonnerjee.
(C) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre — 13 April 1919, when General Dyer’s troops fired on a peaceful gathering in Amritsar protesting against the Rowlatt Act.
(B) Quit India Movement — launched on 8 August 1942 at the Bombay session of the Congress, with Gandhiji’s call ‘Do or Die’.