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:

1. Tej Bahadur Sapru
2. Ashutosh Mukherjee
3. Rabindranath Tagore
4. Syed Ahmad Khan

Explanation

Option (c) is correct

• Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood in 1919 as a protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and British brutality in Punjab. Contemporary accounts confirm he gave up the honor immediately after the tragedy, joining other leaders like Gandhi (who relinquished the Kaiser‑i‑Hind title) in symbolic rejection of British rule.

Answer: (c) Rabindranath Tagore