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Statewise GK · Q170

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Competitive Exams · Statewise GK · question 170

Q170

Which of the following renounced his Knighthood in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?

A.
Mahatma Gandhi
B.
Rabindranath Tagore
Answer
C.
S. B. Sinha
D.
M. A. Jinnah

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Rabindranath Tagore received the news of the massacre on 22 May 1919. He tried to arrange a protest meeting in Calcutta and finally decided to renounce his British knighthood as a symbolic act of protest.