Rabindra Nath Tagore gave up his ‘Knighthood’ in protest to which one of the following?

(A) Rowlatt Act
(B) Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh
(C) Simon Commission
(D) Cripps Mission

Correct Answer : Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh
Question Asked : UPPCS (Pre) 2016
In 1915, Rabindra Nath Tagore was granted a knighthood by British Crown which he renounced after the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre, protesting the mistreatment of Indians by the British. It was an act of solidarity that had a moral and political undertone.
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