Correct answer: (c) Rabindranath Tagore translated the National Anthem from Bengali to English here
Explanation
- A
Pingali Venkayya designed the tricolour Indian National Flag here.
Pingali Venkayya at Madanapalle. The flag work is associated with other places/sessions.
- B
Pattabhi Sitaramaiah led the Quit India Movement of
Pattabhi Sitaramayya leading QI there. Not the Madanapalle tag.
- C
Rabindranath Tagore translated the National Anthem from Bengali to English here
Tagore translated Jana Gana Mana into English at Madanapalle (Besant Theosophical College, 1919).
- D
Madame Blavatsky and Colonel Olcott set up headquarters of Theosophical Society first here
Theosophical HQ first here. Adyar, not Madanapalle.
Summary. Official key is (c). At Madanapalle, in 1919, Tagore rendered Jana Gana Mana into English as the ‘Morning Song of India’. The other three fame-claims are misplaced.
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