Multiple choice

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad started in Urdu Weekly, The Al - Hilal in 1912, but on its being banned by the Government, he founded Al - Balagh in ______.

  1. 1913

  2. 1914

  3. 1915

  4. 1916
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Explanation

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad founded Al-Hilal in 1912 to promote Hindu-Muslim unity and Indian nationalism. When it was banned by the British government in 1914, he founded Al-Balagh in 1915 to continue his journalistic work against colonial rule. Both newspapers played important roles in the freedom movement.

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