Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Assertion (A): Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj had to face opposition from the big Deshmukhs. Reason (R): These Deshmukhs were not in favour of an independent Maratha State and preferred to remain as feudal lords under the Bijapur Sultanate. Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

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

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