Arrange the following events in a chronological order.
(A) Champaran Satyagraha.
(B) Dandi March.
(C) Quit India Movement.
(D) Speech of Gandhiji at the inauguration of Benaras Hindu University.
(E) Calling off the Non-Cooperation Movement.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (D), (A), (E), (B), (C)
(D) Speech of Gandhiji at the inauguration of Benaras Hindu University — February 1916: his first major public appearance in India, at the opening of the Banaras Hindu University.
(A) Champaran Satyagraha — 1917: Gandhiji spent much of 1917 in Champaran, seeking to obtain for the peasants security of tenure.
(E) Calling off the Non-Cooperation Movement — February 1922: after peasants torched a police station at Chauri Chaura, Gandhiji called off the movement altogether.
(B) Dandi March — March-April 1930: the march to the sea that began the Civil Disobedience Movement.
(C) Quit India Movement — August 1942: Gandhiji’s third major movement against British rule.
NCERT (2026-27): “1. A Leader Announces Himself … On Gokhale’s advice, Gandhiji spent a year travelling around British India, getting to know the land and its peoples. His first major public appearance was at the opening of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in February 1916.… 2. The Making and Unmaking of Non-cooperation … Mahatma Gandhi was to spend much of 1917 in Champaran, seeking to obtain for the peasants security of tenure as well as the freedom to cultivate the crops of their choice.… 2.1 Knitting a popular movement … Then, in February 1922, a group of peasants attacked and torched a police station in the hamlet of Chauri Chaura, in the United Provinces (now, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal). Several constables perished in the conflagration. This act of violence prompted Gandhiji to call off the movement altogether.…”
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