The correct answer is option 2. Explanation & Key Takeaways: Literary Institutions and Politics - • In 1931 Maharashtra Sahitya Sammelan was held in Hyderabad. • Laxmanrao Fatak started Nizam Vijay started from Hyderabad in 1920. • A K Waghmare founded Marathwada weekly on 10 February 1937. • In 1937 Nizam Provincial Marathi Literacy Council was established. • The first convention was held in Hyderabad on last,2nd and 3 rd October 1937 under the chairmanship of Dadasaheb Kap. Maratha - Pralhad Atre • The Samyukta Maharashtra Movement received enormous amounts of support from the people of Maharashtra. • The Maratha newspaper played a major role in establishing the mass base by acting as a mouthpiece for the movement. • Maratha newspaper was founded by Pralhad Atre. • Maratha newspapers mainly influenced people to unite for a single cause of the formation of a separate Marathi-speaking state. • Later, Bombay was included in the state of Maharashtra and it was considered as the victory of this movement. • Other newspapers such as Navyug, Navakal, Prabhat, Samyukta Maharashtra Patrika, Kesari, etc. have also contributed majorly in connecting people towards the most powerful movement which occurred after the independence of India. Prabodhan - Keshav Thakare • Keshav Sitaram Thackeray, the father of Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray. • He was among the prominent figures in the Sanyukta Maharashtra movement in the 1950s that pushed for the formation of the state of Maharashtra. • But he had already emerged as an influential public figure three decades before, especially after he started a periodical called Prabodhan (Awakening) in 1921. Hence the correct answer is option 2.