Question

UPSC Prelims 2021 Question:

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 the 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 (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 3: Rabindranath Tagore translated the National Anthem from Bengali to English here.

Detailed Solution

Explanation:

Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 – 7 Aug 1941) worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter. The national anthem of India was originally composed as ‘Bharato Bhagya Bidhata’ in Bengali by him in 1911.

“Jana Gana Mana” was translated by Rabindranath Tagore from Bengali to English in February 1919 at Madanapalle in the District of Chittoor.

Therefore, option (3) is the correct answer.

Subject: History | Indian National Movement

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