Which Indian personality was given knighthood by the British monarch but he returned it after the Jallianwala massacre?
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SSC CPO 9th Dec 2019 Shift-2
Rabindranath Tagore
Correct AnswerMotilal Nehru
Incorrect AnswerGopal Krishna Gokhale
Incorrect AnswerAurobindo Ghosh
Incorrect AnswerExplanation:
- Option 1: Rabindranath Tagore
- Rabindranath Tagore was a renowned poet, writer, and philosopher from India.
- He was awarded a knighthood by the British in 1915.
- In protest of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919, Tagore returned his knighthood as an act of defiance against the British government.
- Correct Answer
- Option 2: Motilal Nehru
- He was an influential Indian lawyer and leader of the Indian National Congress.
- He didn't receive a knighthood from the British.
- Option 3: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- He was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and a social reformer.
- He wasn't awarded a knighthood by the British.
- Option 4: Aurobindo Ghosh
- He was an Indian philosopher, yogi, and nationalist.
- He wasn't knighted by the British monarch either.
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