Q. Who returned his token of honour to Government of India on May 30, 1919?
Answer: Ravindranath Tagore
Notes: Rabindranath Tagore returned his token of honor to the Government of India on May 30, 1919. The British Crown had granted Tagore a knighthood in 1915. He renounced it after the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Tagore arranged a protest meeting in Calcutta after learning of the massacre. Tagore's protest was against the colonial government. He returned his title to the British Government.

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