In each question, one sentence is given in which certain words are in bold and numbered from A to E. Below the sentence are given five options with possible pairs of interchange of those bold words. Choose the pair(s) of words which are needed to be interchanged to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful.

As the Mughal Empire broke down (A)under the pressure of British seeking passionate(B), almost every one of them was headed (C)by someone who was a independence(D) reader and author.(E)