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UPSC 2021: With reference to Madanapalle of Andhra Pradesh, which one of the following statements is correct?
(a)Pingali Venkayya designed the tricolour Indian National Flag here.
(b)Pattabhi Sitaramaiah led the Quit India Movement of Andhra region from here.
(c)Rabindranath Tagore translated the National Anthem from Bengali to English here.
(d)Madame Blavatsky and Colonel Olcott set up headquarters of Theosophical Society first here.
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (c) Rabindranath Tagore translated the National Anthem from Bengali to English here.
Rabindranath Tagore stayed at Besant Theosophical College, Madanapalle, in February 1919 and there translated ‘Jana Gana Mana’ into English as “The Morning Song of India”. None of the other events (design of the flag, Quit India leadership, or founding of the Theosophical Society HQ) occurred at Madanapalle. ([britannica.com](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Jana-Gana-Mana?utm_source=openai))
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