Previous year MCQs

Modern Indian History UPPSC 2016 GS-I
Question

Rabindra Nath Tagore gave up his 'knighthood* in protest to which one of the following?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: Massacre at Jalliawala Bagh

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Massacre at Jalliawala Bagh”.
Rabindranath Tagore gave up his 'knighthood' in protest against the Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, which occurred on April 13, 1919, was a brutal repression by British troops in Amritsar, Punjab.

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