INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

MODERN INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Rabindranath Tagore surrendered his knighthood in protest against
A
Martial law in the Punjab
B
Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
C
Rawlatt Acts
D
All the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -General Dyer arrived there with armed troops and ordered ruthless firing on the uninformed crowd. In response to this cruelty, Rabindranath Tagore surrendered his knighthood in order to condemn the incident.

Detailed explanation-2: -He was the first Indian to receive the knighthood. He renounced his knighthood in protest of the mass murder of the people in Amritsar, Punjab.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood in 1919 because of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.

Detailed explanation-4: -It is also called a Massacre of Amritsar. Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood.

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