Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). **Assertion (A):** The Chittagong Armoury Raid of 1930 was not just a local robbery but a planned armed insurrection to establish a provisional revolutionary government. **Reason (R):** Surya Sen and his associates issued a manifesto in the name of the Indian Republican Army, Chittagong Branch, declaring independence from British rule. In the context of the above statements, which of the following is correct?

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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