Arrange the following events in a chronological order.
A. Cripps Mission.
B. Government of India Act giving some form of representative government.
C. Direct Action Day.
D. Resolution demanding autonomy for Muslim majority areas.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → B, D, A, C
(B) Government of India Act giving some form of representative government — 1935. A new Government of India Act promised some form of representative government.
(D) Resolution demanding autonomy for Muslim majority areas — March 1940. The Muslim League passed a resolution demanding a measure of autonomy for the Muslim-majority areas of the subcontinent.
(A) Cripps Mission — spring of 1942. Churchill sent Sir Stafford Cripps to India to try and forge a compromise with Gandhiji and the Congress.
(C) Direct Action Day — 16 August 1946. After the Cabinet Mission talks broke down, Jinnah called for a “Direct Action Day”, and bloody riots broke out in Calcutta.
NCERT (2026-27): “3.2 Dialogues … In 1935, however, a new Government of India Act promised some form of representative government. Two years later, in an election held on the basis of a restricted franchise, the Congress won a comprehensive victory. Now eight out of 11 provinces had a Congress ‘Prime Minister’, working under the supervision of a British Governor.… 3.2 Dialogues … Meanwhile, in March 1940, the Muslim League passed a resolution demanding a measure of autonomy for the Muslim-majority areas of the subcontinent. The political landscape was now becoming complicated: it was no longer Indians versus the British; rather, it had become a threeway struggle between the Congress, the Muslim League, and the British.… 3.2 Dialogues … In the spring of 1942, Churchill was persuaded to send one of his ministers, Sir Stafford Cripps, to India to try and forge a compromise with Gandhiji and the Congress. Talks broke down, however, after the Congress insisted that if it was to help the British defend India from the Axis powers, then the Viceroy had first to appoint an Indian as the Defence Member of his Executive Council. 4. Quit India … A Cabinet Mission sent in the summer of 1946 failed to get the Congress and the League to agree on a federal system that would keep India together while allowing the provinces a degree of autonomy. After the talks broke down, Jinnah called for a ‘Direct Action Day’ to press the League’s demand for Pakistan. On the designated day, 16 August 1946, bloody riots broke out in Calcutta.…” |