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प्रश्न
There is mention of three communities in the story: the Marathas, the Mughals, the Anglo-Indians. Which language do you think they used within their communities and while speaking to the other groups?
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उत्तर
The Muslims were Urdu speaking, the Marathas spoke Marathi, while the Anglo-Indians generally used English to speak with their communities. But while interacting with other groups they must have used the local dialect of Hindustani.
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