Q. Consider the following events in Indian Freedom Movement:
- Singh Sabha Movement
- Quit India Movement
- Dandi March
- Gurdwara Reform Movement
Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of these events? (UPSC Prelims 1990)
Answer:
1 — 4 — 3 — 2
Notes: • The Singh Sabha Movement was a Sikh movement that began in Punjab in the 1870s in reaction to the proselytising activities of Christians, Brahmo Samajis, Arya Samaj, the Aligarh movement.
• The Quit India Movement, or the August Movement, was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All-India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British Rule of India.
• The Salt March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, Dandi March and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. The 24-day march lasted from 12 March 1930 to 6 April 1930.
• The Akali movement, also called the Gurdwara Reform Movement, was a campaign to bring reform in the gurdwaras in India during the early 1920s.
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