Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as Reason (R). **Assertion (A):** A large number of captured rebels from Bihar were sentenced to transportation for life ('Kala Pani') to the penal colony in the Andaman Islands. **Reason (R):** The British administration aimed to completely isolate these leaders from their local support bases in Bihar to prevent them from becoming symbols of ongoing resistance. Select the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

• A: Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
• B: Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
• C: (A) is true but (R) is false
• D: (A) is false but (R) is true

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