Statements (1) and (2) with regard to the speech of Mahatma Gandhi at the opening of the Banaras Hindu University are correct. Invited to speak at the opening of the Banaras Hindu University in front of an audience of princes in elegant robes, and other worthies, some of them British, he declared, ‘There is no salvation for India unless you strip yourselves of this jewellery and hold it in trust for your countrymen’. Gandhiji’s sharp criticism of the English language and demand for self-government jolted the audience and, for the first time, the Mahatma showed signs of taking on the leadership of the country’s freedom struggle. Statements (3) and (4) are factually incorrect.