Question

who was a.f.s. talyarkhan? mention the reason due to which the condemns the pentangular tournament?

Answer 1

Ardeshir Furdorji Sohrabji "Bobby" Talyarkhan(1897–13 July 1990) was an Indian cricketcommentator.

Talyarkhan was one of the earliest cricket commentators in India. His radio commentaries played an important role in spreading of the game and making the name of the players throughout the country. Bombay Pentangular owed some of its popularity to his voice.

mahatma gandhi condemed the pentangular tournament becaues a communally divisive competition that was out of place in a time when nationalists were trying to unite indias
diverse population.

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.