Multiple choice general knowledge

For whose death, Illayaraja penned his first composition, a musical setting of an elegy written by the Tamil poet laureate Kannadasan

  1. Indira Gandhi

  2. Jawaharlal Nehru

  3. Lal Bahadur Shastri

  4. Chandra Shekhar
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Ilaiyaraaja composed his first piece for Jawaharlal Nehru's death - it was a musical elegy with lyrics by Tamil poet laureate Kannadasan. This is a well-documented fact in Tamil cinema history and Ilaiyaraaja's early career, marking his first significant composition.

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