Q. Who said, ‘The time has come when badges of honour make our shame glaring in their incongruous context of humiliation’?
(a) C. R. Das
(b) Motilal Nehru
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Rabindranath Tagore
Ans: (d) Rabindranath Tagore
Explanation: The correct answer is (d) Rabindranath Tagore.
The quote, “The time has come when badges of honour make our shame glaring in their incongruous context of humiliation,” is attributed to Rabindranath Tagore. He made this statement in the context of rejecting the knighthood bestowed upon him by the British government in 1919. Tagore’s decision to renounce the knighthood was a symbolic protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the repressive policies of the British colonial government in India.
Tagore’s act of renunciation and his statement highlighted the moral dilemma faced by Indians who were receiving honors from the same government responsible for the brutal suppression of Indian aspirations for freedom and justice.
Therefore, the correct answer is (d) Rabindranath Tagore.
