In which of the following years did Mahatma Gandhi visit Noakhali and other riot-torn areas to stop communal violence?

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  1. 1935
  2. 1919
  3. 1927
  4. 1946

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Option 4 : 1946
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The 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.

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  • 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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