With reference to Madanapalle of Andhra Pradesh, which one of the foll

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

[amp_mcq option1=”Pingali Venkayya designed the tricolour Indian National Flag here.” option2=”Pattabhi Sitaramaiah led the Quit India Movement of Andhra region from here.” option3=”Rabindranath Tagore translated the National Anthem from Bengali to English here.” option4=”Madame Blavatsky and Colonel Olcott set up headquarters of Theosophical Society first here.” correct=”option3″]

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The correct statement is that Rabindranath Tagore translated the National Anthem from Bengali to English at Madanapalle.

Rabindranath Tagore translated “Jana Gana Mana”, India’s National Anthem, into English as “The Morning Song of India” while visiting the Besant Theosophical College in Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh, in February 1919. He also set it to music during his stay there.

Option A is incorrect because Pingali Venkayya designed the flag in Vijayawada, not Madanapalle. Option B is incorrect; while Pattabhi Sitaramaiah was a prominent leader from Andhra during the Quit India Movement, Madanapalle is not specifically known as the centre from which he led the movement. Option D is incorrect because the first headquarters of the Theosophical Society were established in New York and later moved to Adyar, Chennai (then Madras).

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