Question

The ‘Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha’ was established by whom?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Lal Bahadur Shastri
D. None of these

Answer 1

Hint: An organisation whose main motto was to improve Hindi literacy in the south. The Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha was founded at Madras, to spread the study. The Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha was inaugurated by Annie Besant.

Complete answer:
Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha was established by Mahatma Gandhi. Sabha was established to improve and promote the study of Hindi literacy especially among the Non-Hindi speaking people of South India. The headquarters of Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha is established at Thanikachalam Road, T. Nagar, Chennai. The Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha at Madras to propagate the study of Hindi in Madras Presidency and many princely states. The first Hindi class at Sabha was taken by Devdas Gandhi, he is Gandhi's son. The number of students gradually increased from 80 in 1919 to hundreds of thousands of students in subsequent years.

He became the founding president of the Sabha, who held the post till his last breath. On 17 June 1918, The Sabha was inaugurated by Annie Besant .The institution was also recognised by the Indian Government as one of the Institutes of National Importance in 1964. Gandhiji desired that the ‘Hindi Prachar’ should be carried on and properly followed by involving the local people of the respective area in the south.

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Note:
Mahatma Gandhi is the founder of The Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha. The Sabha was formed by a group of people whose main aim was to promote the study of Hindi language in the south that’s the reason why the Sabha was established in Madras.