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Download Solution PDFIn which of the following years did Mahatma Gandhi visit Noakhali and other riot-torn areas to stop communal violence?
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 1946.
Key Points
- In 1946, Mahatma Gandhi visited Noakhali and other riot-torn areas to stop communal violence.
- The riots in Noakhali took place in the backdrop of unrest due to the demand for partition by the Muslim league.
- This happened in Noakhali, a place in then Bengal(now in Bangladesh) in the year 1946.
- Gandhiji visited the place to advocate his message of non-violence.
- A large scale of atrocities was committed against the members of the Hindu community.
Additional Information
- Important movements by Gandhi Ji:
- 1915 - Mahatma Gandhi returns from South Africa.
- 1917 - Champaran movement.
- 1918 - Peasant movements in Kheda (Gujarat), and workers’ movement in Ahmadabad
- 1919 - Rowlatt Satyagraha (March-April).
- 1919 - Jallianwala Bagh massacre (April).
- 1921 - Non-cooperation and Khilafat Movements.
- 1928 - Peasant movement in Bardoli.
- 1929 - Purna Swaraj accepted as Congress's goal at the Lahore Congress (December).
- 1930 - Civil Disobedience Movement begins; Dandi March (March-April).
- 1931 - Gandhi-Irwin Pact (March); Second Round Table Conference (December).
- 1935 - The Government of India Act promises some form of representative government.
- 1939 - Congress ministries resigned.
- 1942 - Quit India Movement begins (August).
- 1946 - Mahatma Gandhi visits Noakhali and other riot-torn areas to stop communal violence.
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