Choose the correct events which are directly associated with Mahatama Gandhi:
(A) Chauri-Chaura incident
(B) Salt-Satyagraha
(C) Uprising in Lucknow Residency
(D) Second Round Table Conference
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (B) and (D) only
(A) Chauri-Chaura incident (Correct). This event is directly associated with Mahatma Gandhi. In 1922, a violent clash at Chauri Chaura led Gandhi to call off the Non-Cooperation Movement, as he believed the movement had strayed from its principle of non-violence.
(B) Salt-Satyagraha (Correct). Also known as the Dandi March, this was a major campaign of civil disobedience personally launched and led by Gandhi in 1930 to protest the British salt tax.
(C) Uprising in Lucknow Residency (Incorrect). This was a key event during the Revolt of 1857, which occurred before Gandhi was born.
(D) Second Round Table Conference (Correct). Gandhi attended the Second Round Table Conference in 1931 in London as the sole representative of the Indian National Congress, following the Gandhi-Irwin Pact.