Concept:The creation of linguistic states faced opposition from leaders like Nehru and Patel due to fears of national disunity, but later a commission recommended reorganising states on a linguistic basis.
Explanation:Assertion (A) is true. Both Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Deputy Prime Minister Vallabhbhai Patel opposed forming states based on language. They feared that after partition, linguistic divisions could further split society and harm national unity.
Reasoning (R) is also true. The State Reorganisation Commission in 1956 suggested redrawing district and provincial boundaries to create compact provinces for Assamese, Bengali, Oriya, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Telugu speakers.
However, (R) does not explain (A). The assertion states opposition, while the reasoning describes a later recommendation. These are two separate historical facts. The commission's recommendation came after the death of Potti Sriramulu and the creation of Andhra state, not as a reason for the opposition.
Answer:Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). Therefore, option B is correct.