Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true. Select from options at the end:

The south Indian flute had only seven finger holes till the 1970s when the legendary T.R. Mahalingam introduced the eight holed variety.

Hypothesis: T.R. Mahalingham made the first seven holed flute.
Available options:
[i] yes.
[ii] no.
The answer is
[ii]