Question

Q. With reference to the Indian Freedom Struggle, consider the following events:

Arrange the above events in the correct chronological order from earliest to latest:

• A. 4-3-2-1
• B. 4-3-1-2
• C. 3-1-4-2
• D. 2-1-4-3

Answer 1

The correct option is B 4-3-1-2

Explanation:

4. In November 1927, the British Government appointed the Indian Statutory Commission, known popularly after the name of its Chairman as the Simon Commission, to go into the question of further constitutional reform.

3. The issue of communal representation was controversial. In December 1927, many Muslim leaders met Motilal Nehru at Delhi and suggested a few proposals. These were accepted by Congress at its Madras session. They came to be known as Delhi Proposals.

1. All important Indian leaders and parties decided to meet the British challenge by drawing up an agreed constitution for India. An All Parties Conference was convened for the purpose first in Delhi and then at Poona. The Conference appointed a sub-committee headed by Motilal Nehru and included among its members Ali Imam, Tej Bahadur Sapru, and Subhash Bose. The sub-committee submitted its report known as the Nehru Report in August 1928.

2. The Fourteen Points of Jinnah were proposed by Muhammad Ali Jinnah (December 1928) as a constitutional reform plan to safeguard the political rights of Muslims in a self-governing India.