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.
Information Booster:
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.