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Download Solution PDFRabindranath Tagore had renounced his "Knighthood" and expressed his pain and anger after which of the following events of Indian National Movement?
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.
- Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood in 1919 because of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.
- Rabindranath Tagore returned his knighthood for services to Literature (which he was awarded in 1915 by King George-V) in protest against the 1919 Amritsar Massacre as it was so brutal that it killed at least 379 unarmed demonstrators in the Jallianwala Bagh.
- The Brutal suppression of the Civil Disobedience Movement was marked by the arresting the congress leaders like Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Gandhiji & others one by one. About 100,000 people were arrested by the British frightened government which responded with a policy of brutal repression which included lathi charges, large-scale imprisonment, etc.
- The execution of Bhagat Singh along with Rajguru and Sukhdev took place as they were sentenced to death in the Lahore conspiracy case and ordered to be hanged on 23 March 1931.
- The Chauri-Chaura incident took place in Gorakhpur district in the United Province(now Uttar Pradesh) where a large group of protesters, participating in the Non-cooperation movement clashed with police who opened fire.
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