Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion (A): It was within the political and cultural framework that Bharatendu Harishchandra created and developed his own brand of nationalist thinking and writing.
Reason (R): Being a subject of the British raj, Bharatendu Harishchandra saw no contradiction in the co-existence of loyalty to the rulers and fierce patriotism.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
2. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)
3. (A) is true but (R) is false
4. (A) is false but (R) is true