Consider the following historical events : 1. Gandhi-Irwin Pact 2. Second Round Table Conference 3. Peasant Movement in Bardoli 4. Peasant Movement in Kheda Which one of the following is the correct chronological order (starting from the earliest) of the above events?
4 - 3 - 1 - 2
The correct answer is 4 - 3 - 1 - 2.
Key Points
The Kheda Peasant Movement:
- Four days after the major mill strike in Ahmedabad, Gandhi joined the farmers in Kheda on March 11, 1918.
- Demanding a waiver of taxes from the state after their crop failure.
The Bardoli Peasant Movement:
- In India, the Bardoli Movement was a tax-free movement.
- In 1928, the Bardoli Satyagraha took place.
- This movement is known as one of the largest events of the Civil Disobedience Movement, which was part of India's struggle for independence.
- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ultimately led the movement, and its success paved the way for Patel to become one of the most prominent leaders of the freedom struggle.
The Gandhi-Irwin Agreement:
- The Gandhi-Irwin Agreement was signed on March 5, 1931, between Mahatma Gandhi and the then Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin.
- Features of the Gandhi-Irwin Agreement:
- The Congress will participate in the Second Round Table Conference.
- The Congress will call off the Civil Disobedience Movement.
- The government will withdraw all ordinances issued to curb the Congress.
- The government will withdraw all cases related to crimes other than violence.
- The government will release all individuals serving prison sentences for their activities in the Civil Disobedience Movement.
Second Round Table Conference:
- The Second Round Table Conference took place in the year 1931.
- It lasted from September 1931 to December 1931.
- This was the only Round Table Conference in which Mahatma Gandhi participated.
- He attended this conference after signing the Gandhi-Irwin Agreement.
- The main topic discussed at this conference was a separate electorate.
Important Questions from National movement (1919 - 1939)
Who among the following initiated the Bhoodan Movement?
Which of the following statements about the Unionist Party is/are correct?
1. It was a political party representing the interests of landholders in Punjab.
2. It was opposed to the idea of the partition of India as India and Pakistan.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Where did Gandhiji initially forge the techniques of Satyagraha?
Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of Gandhiji's Dandi march?
In the year 1928, a committee of Congress leaders drafted a Constitution for India. The Committee was headed by
