Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). **Assertion (A):** The sponsor and the most prominent figure of the Chishti order of Sufis in India is Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti. **Reason (R):** The Chishti order takes its name from a village Chishti in Ajmer. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?

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C. Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti is the prominent figure who introduced the Chishti order to India. The order's name actually derives from the town of Chisht in Afghanistan, not from Ajmer.

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A. Both (A) and (R) is individually true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

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B. Both (A) and (R) is individually true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

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D. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Origins of the Chishti Order: Muinuddin Chishti and Ajmer

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