Question

The person who returned his token of Honour to Government of India on May 30, 1919 was:

  1. Jamnalal Bajaj
  2. Tej Bahadur Sapru
  3. Mahatma Gandhi
  4. Rabindra Nath Tagore

Answer:

Option D: Rabindra Nath Tagore

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Rabindra Nath Tagore”.

The person who returned his token of Honour to the British Government (not the Government of India, as India was not independent at that time) on May 30, 1919 was: (4) Rabindra Nath Tagore.

He returned his knighthood, a British honor, in protest of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.