Arrange the following events of India's independence struggle in chronological order, beginning with the earliest to the most recent one.
(A) Khilafat Movement
(B) Home Rule Movement
(C) Chauri Chaura incident
(D) Swadeshi Movement
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (D), (B), (A), (C)
(D) Swadeshi Movement — 1905, launched against Lord Curzon’s partition of Bengal, with the boycott of British goods.
(B) Home Rule Movement — 1916, the Home Rule Leagues of Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant, demanding self-government during the First World War.
(A) Khilafat Movement — 1919–1920, led by the Ali brothers in support of the Ottoman Caliph, and joined with Gandhiji’s Non-Cooperation Movement.
(C) Chauri Chaura incident — February 1922, when a crowd set fire to a police station in Gorakhpur district; Gandhiji then called off the Non-Cooperation Movement.