Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and a closing statement 6. The four statements are jumbled up and form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these six taken together.

1. The Hindu as a national newspaper of high standing, with its chequered history that has unfolded the ups and downs of the great freedom struggle and after 1947, it took pains to portray a nation in transition with an unbiased view.
   

A. The assault on this prestigious newspaper was indeed a blatant assault on the Fourth Estate and the entire nation condemned it.

B. The people all over the country saw the attack on 'The Hindu' as a virtual attack on the freedom of speech and expression of total media in the country.

C. It had the boldness to expose where the policies have gone wrong, where people at the top were found to be corrupt, it had the equipoise to commend the achievements in different regions.

D. There was a mass upsurge in almost every part of the country that showed that freedom of Press has to be defended at all costs.

1. The supreme court of India issued a verdict in favour of the newspaper and stayed the arrests of the senior journalists.