“Hindustani should be neither Sanskritised Hindi nor Persianised Urdu but a happy combination of both.” To whom is this statement attributed?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Mahatma Gandhi
A few months before his death, Mahatma Gandhi reiterated his views on the language question: Hindustani should be neither Sanskritised Hindi nor Persianised Urdu but a happy combination of both.
NCERT (2026-27): “5. The Language of the Nation … From the end of the nineteenth century, however, Hindustani as a language had been gradually changing. As communal conflicts deepened, Hindi and Urdu also started growing apart. On the one hand, there was a move to Sanskritise Hindi, purging it of all words of Persian and Arabic origin. On the other hand, Urdu was being increasingly Persianised. As a consequence, language became associated with the politics of religious identities. Mahatma Gandhi, however, retained his faith in the composite character of Hindustani.”
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