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

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 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.

Solution

At Madanapalle in Andhra Pradesh, Rabindranath Tagore translated the National Anthem (Jana Gana Mana) from Bengali to English in 1919 at the Besant Theosophical College.

Asked in: UPSC Prelims 2021

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