Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Topic

Modern Histoy

Question:

Rabindranath Tagore had renounced his knighthood because ________.

Options:

of execution of Bhagat Singh

of Chauri-Chaura incident

he wanted to join the Congress

of the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy

Correct Answer:

of the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → of the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy

Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood in protest of the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy, which occurred on April 13, 1919. During this event, British troops, under the command of General Dyer, fired upon a large, non-violent gathering of Indians in Amritsar, resulting in the death of hundreds of unarmed civilians. Tagore's decision to relinquish his knighthood was a powerful statement against the brutality and oppression of British colonial rule, reflecting his deep sense of moral outrage and solidarity with the Indian independence movement.