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What was Anti-Hindi Agitation?

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Opposition of teaching Hindi in Madras Presidency schools in 1937.
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Opposition of teaching Hindi in Bombay Presidency schools in 1937.
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Opposition of teaching Hindi in Bengal Presidency schools in 1937.
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Opposition of teaching Hindi in Lahore Presidency schools in 1937.
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The correct option is A Opposition of teaching Hindi in Madras Presidency schools in 1937.
The Anti-Hindi Agitation is a series of protests that happened in Madras Presidency of the British Raj during 1937-40. It was launched in 1937 in opposition to the introduction of compulsory teaching of Hindi in the schools of the presidency by the Indian national congress government.

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