Question

mahatma gandhi condemned the pentagular tournament. brief ecplaination.

Answer 1

Mahatma Gandhi was in favour of traditional games which suited the Indian people .In his view, cricket was a game for the privileged people. Also, it was expensive. The pentangular tournament was played by the term constituted on communal basis like the Parsi, Hindu, Muslim, etc teams. This was against the sentiments of the nationalist forces who were trying to prove India one nation and fighting for its independence. In a time like this, such tournament were playing a division role.

Answer 2

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(i) Mahatma Gandhi condemned the Pentangular as a community divisive competition that was out of place in a time when nationalists were trying to unite India's diverse population.

(ii) The colonial state and its divisive conception of India was the rock on which the Pentangular was built. It was a colonial tournament and it died with the Raj.