Directions: In the following question, four sentences are given between the sentences numbered 1 and 6. You are required to arrange the four sentences (A, B, C and D), so that all six together make a logical paragraph.

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