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knighthood

/ˈnaɪthʊd/noun

उच्चारण नाइट्हुड

नाइट की उपाधि, नाइटहुड

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noun
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    [C/U]

    the rank or title of a knight, given by a British king or queen to somebody for special services

    नाइट की उपाधि, नाइटहुड

    • He received a knighthood for his services to science.
    • Tagore gave up his knighthood in 1919.
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Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919.

Rabindranath Tagore ने 1919 के जलियाँवाला बाग़ हत्याकांड के विरोध में अपनी knighthood (नाइट की उपाधि) लौटा दी थी।