Question : Which Indian personality was given knighthood by the British monarch, but it was returned by him after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
Option 1: Chittaranjan Das
Option 2: Rabindranath Tagore
Option 3: Bipin Chandra Pal
Option 4: C. Rajagopalachari
Correct Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
Solution : The correct answer is Rabindranath Tagore .
The Indian personality who was given knighthood by the British monarch but later returned it in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre was Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore, a renowned poet, writer and philosopher, was awarded the knighthood in 1915 for his literary contributions. However, in 1919 , following the tragic Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar, where British troops killed hundreds of unarmed civilians, Tagore renounced his knighthood as a gesture of protest against British policies in India.
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