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Modern Indian History UPPSC 1994 GS-I
Question

Select the correct chronological order of the following from the code given below:

1) Rowlatt Act
2) Simon Commission
3) Home Rule Movement
4) Gandhi-Irwin Pact

Code:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: C,A,B,D

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “C,A,B,D”.
# Event Date
3 Home Rule Movement 1916
1 Rowlatt Act March 1919
2 Simon Commission February 1928
4 Gandhi-Irwin Pact 5 March 1931

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place on 13 April 1919.

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