UPSC Prelims · 2004 · GS Paper I · Q32
The name of the famous person of India who returned the Knighthood conferred on him by the British Government as a token of protest against the atrocities in Punjab in 1919 was:
- (A)Tej Bahadur Sapru
- (B)Ashutosh Mukherjee
- (C)Rabindra Nath Tagore
- (D)Syed Ahmad Khan
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Answer: (C) Rabindra Nath Tagore
- Subject
- History
- Chapter
- Gandhian Era: Khilafat & Non-Cooperation
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