INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Tulsidas began writing the Ramcharitmanas in Ayodhya in 1574 CE during the Akbar rule. The exact date is stated in the poem as being the ninth day of the month of Chaitra, which is the birthday of Rama.

Detailed explanation-2: -He wrote several popular works in Sanskrit and Awadhi, but is best known as the author of the Hanuman Chalisa and of the epic Ramcharitmanas, a retelling of the Sanskrit Ramayana based on Rama’s life in the vernacular Awadhi.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tulsidas began writing the Ramcharitmanas in Ayodhya in Vikram Samvat 1631 (1574 CE). Ramcharitmanas was composed at Ayodhya, Varanasi & Chitrakoot.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tulsidas wrote a number of famous works in Sanskrit and Awadhi, but he is best known for the epic Ramcharitmanas, a vernacular Hindi retelling of the Sanskrit Ramayana based on Rama’s life. He was Akbar’s contemporary. So, the correct answer is option ‘D’ i.e, Akbar.