 The Knighthood was bestowed to Tagore on the wish of Emperor George V, who was made to believe that the song 'Jana Gana Mana' was composed eulogising the Emperor.Tagore was hailed as a patriot who wrote other songs too apart from "Jana Gana Mana" lionising the Indian independence movement.He renounced his knighthood in protest against the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.