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UPSC 2004: The name of the famous person of India who returned the Knighthood conferred on him by the British Government as a token of protest against the atrocities in Punjab in 1919 was
(a)Tej Bahadur Sapru
(b)Ashutosh Mukherjee
(c)Rabindra Nath Tagore
(d)Syed Ahmad Khan
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (c) Rabindra Nath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore, who had been knighted in 1915, renounced the title in May 1919 to protest the Jallianwala Bagh massacre; none of the other personalities listed ever returned such an honour. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore?utm_source=openai))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2004, GS Paper 1, as Question 32. It falls under Modern History > Gandhian Mass Movements (1915-1942).
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