Question

What was Anti-Hindi Agitation?
A Opposition to teaching Hindi in Madras Presidency schools in $1937$
B Opposition of teaching Hindi in Bombay Presidency schools in $1937$
C Opposition of teaching Hindi in Bengal Presidency schools in $1937$ .
D Opposition of teaching Hindi in Lahore Presidency schools in $1937$.

Answer 1

Hint:
 We will take a look towards the background of languages in our country.The Indian republic there are hundreds of languages. During british raj official language was English.the efforts were made during freedom struggle to promote hindi to unite Indians.

Complete answer:
The anti Hindi agitation of Tamil Nadu was a series of agitations which took place in the state of Tamilnadu. This involved several mass protests, riots, student and political movements. There was an opposition to the introduction of compulsory teaching of Hindi in schools of Madras presidency. It was done by Indian National Congress led by C Raja Gopalachari. E. V. Ramaswamy and the justice party oppose it. This agitation included fast, conferences, marches, picketing and protest. It lasted for three years. the government responded to the agitation and it resulted in the arrest of more than thousand people which included women and children. It was later withdrawn by British government of Madras. It was a hotly debated issue and that which language should be chosen as an official language while framing the Indian constitution after India's Independence after an exhaustive debate the conclusion was made according to which Hindi was adopted as official language and English associated although it was not accepted by non Hindi states. They were not satisfied with the three language formula. The correct answer to the question is A Opposition to teaching Hindi in Madras Presidency schools in $1937$
So, the correct answer is Option A.

Note: The agitation was in the \[1946,1965,1968,1986,2014.\] political career of many leaders started with the participation in these agitation.It stopped the compulsory teaching of Hindi in non Hindi states and regional languages were promoted after the agitation.