Arrange the following events of Indian National Movement in a sequence starting with the first event:
(A) Arrival of Mahatma Gandhi in India
(B) Establishment of Indian National Congress
(C) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
(D) Partition of Bengal
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (B), (D), (A), (C)
(B) Establishment of Indian National Congress — 28 December 1885, at its first session in Bombay, presided over by W. C. Bonnerjee.
(D) Partition of Bengal — announced by Lord Curzon and carried out on 16 October 1905; it led to the Swadeshi movement.
(A) Arrival of Mahatma Gandhi in India — Gandhiji returned from South Africa on 9 January 1915.
(C) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre — 13 April 1919 in Amritsar, when General Dyer’s troops fired on a peaceful crowd.