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?

(a)

Pingali Venkayya designed the tricolour Indian National Flag here.

(b)

Pattabhi Sitaramaiah led the Quit India Movement of Andhra region from here.

(c)

Rabindranath Tagore translated the National Anthem from Bengali to English here.

(d)

Madame Blavatsky and Colonel Olcott set up headquarters of Theosophical Society first here

Answer:

(c)

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Explanation

The original song ‘Jana Gana Mana’ (National Anthem) was written in Bengali, but in a Sanskritized dialect known as Sadhu Bhasha. The idea of translating the song from Bengali to English came to Rabindranath Tagore while he was visiting the Besant Theosophical College on the invitation of Irish poet James H. Cousins. He penned down the English translation during his stay at Madanapalle, a small town in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. Therefore, option (c) is the correct answer.