Question

Arrange the following events in correct chronological order.
(A) Rowlatt satyagraha
(B) Khilafat movement
(C) Jalianwala Bagh massacre
(D) Kheda satyagraha

• A. DACB
• B. BACD
• C. ABCD
• D. DCBA

Answer 1

The correct option is A DACB

Kheda Satyagraha -Kheda Satyagraha took place in 1918, against the taxation policy of the British. While MK Gandhi was the spiritual leader, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel emerged as the leader of the struggle.

Rowlatt Satyagraha - In 1919, the British passed the Rowlatt Act, which restricted civil liberties like the freedom to assemble and strengthened police powers. Hindus and Muslims together revolted against this act non violently in the Satyagraha.

The Jalianwala Bagh massacre took place on April 13, 1919, under the command of General Dyre. The civilians, majorly Sikhs, had assembled at the Jallianwala Bagh to participate in the annual Baisakhi celebrations and were fired upon by the British, in lieu of the martial law.

Khilafat movement, which began in 1919 and went on till 1922, was an agitation by Indian Muslims allied with Indian nationalists, following the years of World War I. Its purpose was to pressurize the British Government to preserve the authority of the Ottoman Sultan as Caliph of Islam following the breakup of Ottoman Empire at the end of the war.