Consider the following events and arrange them into chronological order : I. Sharda Act II. Nehru Report III. Constitution of Simon Commission IV. Dandi March Select the correct answer using the codes given below. Codes :

The correct sequence is III, II, I, IV, so option A is right.

• III. Simon Commission (1927): The Statutory Commission under Sir John Simon was constituted in November 1927 to review the working of the Government of India Act 1919. Its all-white membership led to the boycott protests.
• II. Nehru Report (1928): The All Parties Conference, chaired by Motilal Nehru, produced this report in August 1928 as an Indian answer to the challenge of the Simon Commission.
• I. Sharda Act (1929): The Child Marriage Restraint Act, piloted by Harbilas Sharda, was passed in September 1929. It came into force only on 1 April 1930, which is why it is often misplaced after the Dandi March.
• IV. Dandi March (March 1930): Gandhi's Salt Satyagraha began on 12 March 1930 from Sabarmati and ended at Dandi on 6 April 1930.

The core concept here is the sequence of constitutional and social reform developments in the 1920s, which links to the Mains theme of the Nehru Report as the first Indian attempt at a constitution. Keep the enactment date and the commencement date of a law separate in your notes.

Trap: Aspirants place the Sharda Act in 1930 because it came into force then, and so put it after the Dandi March.