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    Who renounced his knighthood on learning the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
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    Who renounced his knighthood on learning the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?

    A.

    Rabindranath Tagore

    B.

    Subhas Chandra Bose

    C.

    Lala Lajpat Rai

    D.

    Mahatma Gandhi

    Correct option is A


    The correct answer is (a) Rabindranath Tagore.
    · Rabindranath Tagore, the renowned poet and Nobel laureate, renounced his knighthood in protest after learning about the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919.
    · The massacre, where British troops under General Dyer opened fire on a peaceful crowd in Amritsar, killing hundreds of Indians, deeply disturbed Tagore. He wrote a letter to the Viceroy of India, Lord Chelmsford, condemning the brutality and relinquishing his title of "Sir," which had been conferred upon him by the British in 1915.
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    Subhas Chandra Bose:
    · Leader of the Indian National Army and prominent figure in India's independence movement but not associated with renouncing a knighthood.
    Lala Lajpat Rai:
    · Indian nationalist leader, who protested against British rule but did not renounce a knighthood.
    Mahatma Gandhi:
    · A key leader in the Indian independence movement but not involved in renouncing a knighthood related to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

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