N'ọnwa Nọvemba nke afọ 1913, Tagore mụtara na ya enwetala ihe nrite Nobel nke afọ ahụ n'akwụkwọ edemede: Swedish Academy nwere ekele maka ọdịdị nke idealistic na maka ndị ọdịda anyanwụ nke obere ihe ntụgharị asụsụ ya nke lekwasịrị anya na Gitanjali: Song Offering. E nyere ya ọkwa nke King George V na 1915 Birthday Honours, mana Tagore kwụsịrị ya mgbe ogbugbu Jallianwala Bagh nke 1919. Na-ajụ ọkwa nke knighthood, Tagore dere n'akwụkwọ ozi a degaara Lord Chelmsford, mgbe ahụ British Viceroy nke India, "Ike dị oke njọ nke ntaramahụhụ a na-enye ndị ahụ na-enweghị obi ụtọ na ụzọ ha si eme ha, anyị kwenyesiri ike na, na-enweghị akụkọ ihe mere eme nke ụmụ amaala... Oge eruola mgbe ndị ọkà mmụta na-asọpụrụ ihe ọjọọ na-emebi gburugburu ebe obibi anyị na-elekwasị anya na Gitanjali: Song Offering.
mgbe e gbusịrị ndị mmadụ na Jallianwala Bagh n'afọ 1919