Gandhian Movements — 1917 to 1942 in Order

The Spine of Modern Indian History

Exams do not usually ask what a movement *meant*. They ask when it happened and why it ended. So learn the sequence first, the detail second.

The timeline in one glance:

• ›1917 — Champaran Satyagraha (Bihar, indigo farmers)
• ›1918 — Ahmedabad Mill Strike, Kheda Satyagraha
• ›1919 — Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh, Khilafat
• ›1920–22 — Non-Cooperation Movement
• ›1930–34 — Civil Disobedience, beginning with the Dandi March
• ›1942 — Quit India Movement

Gandhi returned from South Africa in 1915. Champaran in 1917 was his first satyagraha on Indian soil, and it happened in Bihar — which is why BPSC papers weight it heavily.

His political mentor was Gopal Krishna Gokhale.

1. The Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn by Gandhi following which incident?

2. Gandhi's first satyagraha in India was launched at:

3. The Dandi March began on which date?

4. The slogan "Do or Die" is associated with which movement?

5. Purna Swaraj was declared as the goal of the Congress at which session?

6. Which mission's failure was the immediate cause of the Quit India Movement?

7. The Poona Pact of 1932 was signed between Gandhi and:

8. During the Quit India Movement, a parallel government was set up at: