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UPSC 2000: “In this instance we could not play off the Mohammedans against the Hindus”. To which one of the following events did this remark of Aitchison relate?
(a)Revolt of 1857
(b)Champaran Satyagraha (1917)
(c)Khilafat and Non-cooperation Movement (1919-22)
(d)August Movement of 1942
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Sir Charles Aitchison lamented that during the 1857 Revolt ‘we could not play off the Mohammedans against the Hindus’, acknowledging the unusual Hindu-Muslim unity against British rule; the remark predates later mass movements and fits neither the 1917 Champaran episode nor the 1920s Khilafat agitation. ([edukemy.com](https://edukemy.com/blog/upsc-prelims-topic-wise-questions-modern-history-revolt-of-1857/?utm_source=openai))
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