Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Question:

________ renounced his knighthood in protest for Jalianwalla Bagh mass killing.

Options:

Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy

Rabindranath Tagore

Shivajirao Holkar

Surendranath Banerjee

Correct Answer:

Rabindranath Tagore

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 2- Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore, a renowned Bengali poet, writer, and philosopher, was awarded a knighthood (Knight Bachelor) by the British Raj in 1915. However, in 1919, following the horrific Jallianwala Bagh massacre, he renounced this honor as a symbolic act of protest against the British brutality.