Modern Indian History
In 1867, the British government prepared to accept the demand of the Hindu communities of the United Provinces and Bihar to change the Perso-Arabic script of the official language Urdu to Devanagari and adopt Hindi as the second official language. This gave rise to a Hindi-Urdu controversy. Who among the following was the most vocal opponent of this change?

Syed Ahmed Khan
Syed Mahmood
Maulana Hali
Mohsin-ul-Mulk

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Modern Indian History
Why was the Simon Commission boycotted?

It was appointed before the expiry of the statutory period
Simon was not known to be a great supporter of the Indian cause
Peaceful demonstrators were severely beaten by the police
All the members of the commission were Englishmen

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Modern Indian History
Why did Mahatma Gandhi ultimately lend his support to the resolution passed by the Congress Working Committee agreeing to the partition of India in spite of his personal, lifelong outspoken disapproval of Pakistan?

To prevent the loss of prestige of the Congress Ministers who had agreed to the partition
The problem at home were far too pressing to carp about a minor concession being conceded to the Muslim League
There was no other go after he was presented with a fait accompli
Jawaharlal Nehru convinced him about the justification in favour of it

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