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Who among the following resigned from the Viceroy's Executive Council, saddened by the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?
1. Chettur Sankaran Nair
2. Ishwari Prasad
3. Muhammad Shafi
4. Iqbal Narain Gurtu
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Explanation
Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair resigned from the Viceroy's Executive Council in 1919 as a mark of protest against the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre and the subsequent atrocities committed under Martial Law in Punjab. His resignation was a significant political statement, as he was the only Indian member of the Council at that time to take such a step.
- Rabindranath Tagore renounced his Knighthood in protest against the same incident.
- Mahatma Gandhi returned the Kaiser-i-Hind gold medal.
- Muhammad Shafi was a member of the Viceroy's Council but did not resign over this issue.
- Ishwari Prasad (a noted historian) and Iqbal Narain Gurtu (an educationist and politician) were not members of the Executive Council involved in this specific act of resignation.
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