Who gave up the 'Kaiser-e-hind’ title in protest of Jallianwala massacre of 1919?
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Correct answer: A
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The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Mahatma Gandhi.
- Mahatma Gandhi renounced the title of 'Kaiser-e-Hind' in protest against the Jallianwala massacre of 1919.
- On Baisakhi day in 1919, a large crowd—mostly villagers, unaware of the prohibition order—gathered at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar to celebrate the festival of Baisakhi.
- Additionally, local leaders had called for a peaceful protest meeting at the same location.
- General Dyer arrived with troops and ordered them to open fire on the unarmed crowd.
- According to official British Indian records, 379 people were killed and around 1,100 wounded.
- The massacre shocked the entire nation.
- In protest, Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood, and Mahatma Gandhi returned the title of Kaiser-i-Hind, which he had received for his services during the Boer War.
- Bhagat Singh was only 11 years old at the time, but the incident deeply impacted him.