Consider the following ideas regarding the national language carefully. Find out which of these ideas were advocated by Mahatma Gandhi.

A. It should be Hindustani which should neither be Sanskritised Hindi nor Persianised Urdu, but blend of both Hindi and Urdu.
B. It should not admit words from other different languages.
C. The national language must develop into a rich and powerful instrument, capable of expressing the thoughts and feelings of people.
D. It could unify Hindus and Muslims and people of North and South.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A, C, D only

The correct answer is Option (3) → A, C, D only

Given statements:

A. It should be Hindustani which should neither be Sanskritised Hindi nor Persianised Urdu, but blend of both Hindi and Urdu.
B. It should not admit words from other different languages. (INCORRECT)
C. The national language must develop into a rich and powerful instrument, capable of expressing the thoughts and feelings of people.
D. It could unify Hindus and Muslims and people of North and South.

Incorrect statement B: It should not admit words from other different languages.

CORRECTION: Mahatma Gandhi felt that the Hindustani language should also freely admit words wherever necessary from the different regional languages and also assimilate words from foreign languages, provided that they can mix well and easily with our national language.

By the 1930s, the Congress had accepted that Hindustani ought to be the national language. Mahatma Gandhi felt that everyone should speak in a language that common people could easily understand. Hindustani – a blend of Hindi and Urdu – was a popular language of a large section of the people of India, and it was a composite language enriched by the interaction of diverse cultures. Over the years it had incorporated words and terms from very many different sources and was therefore understood by people from various regions. This multi-cultural language, Mahatma Gandhi thought, would be the ideal language of communication between diverse communities: it could unify Hindus and Muslims, and people of the north and the south.

A few months before his death Mahatma Gandhi reiterated his views on the language question: This Hindustani should be neither Sanskritised Hindi nor Persianised Urdu but a happy combination. It should also freely admit words wherever necessary from the different regional languages and also assimilate words from foreign languages, provided that they can mix well and easily with our national language. Thus our national language must develop into a rich and powerful instrument capable of expressing the whole gamut of human thought and feelings. To confine oneself to Hindi or Urdu would be a crime against intelligence and the spirit of patriotism.