Rabindranath Tagore was awarded a Knighthood by King George V in 1915. Following the horrific Jallianwalabagh massacre on April 13, 1919, where British troops fired on unarmed civilians, Tagore renounced his Knighthood as a sign of protest against the brutality and the British government's actions. He wrote a letter to the Viceroy, Lord Chelmsford, expressing his anguish and decision.
Why did Rabindranath Tagore refuse Knighthood?
Asked in WBPSC CS Prelims 2020 · Topic: Rowlatt Act and Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (1919) (The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: The event, General Dyer's actions, and casualties)
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Answer: B. In protest of Jallianwalabagh massacre
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