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Prelims 2021 · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle · Question 36

With reference to Madanapalle of Andhra Pradesh, which one of the following statements is correct?

  1. Pingali Venkayya designed the tricolour Indian National Flag here.
  2. Pattabhi Sitaramaiah led the Quit India Movement of Andhra region from here.
  3. Rabindranath Tagore translated the National Anthem from Bengali to English here.
  4. Madame Blavatsky and Colonel Olcott set up headquarters of Theosophical Society first here.

Answer

Rabindranath Tagore translated the National Anthem from Bengali to English here.

  • (a) Pingali Venkayya is associated with designing the Indian flag, but Madanapalle is not the accepted site of this act. Incorrect.
  • (b) Pattabhi Sitaramaiah was a Congress leader from Andhra, but the Quit India Movement in Andhra is not identified with being led from Madanapalle by him. Incorrect.
  • (c) Rabindranath Tagore stayed at Besant Theosophical College, Madanapalle, where he translated Jana Gana Mana into English as “The Morning Song of India.” Correct.
  • (d) The Theosophical Society was first founded in New York (1875); its Indian headquarters was later established at Adyar, Madras, not first at Madanapalle. Incorrect.
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