Ahead of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha election, Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee was seen ‘inventing’ new history and claiming that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi renounced his knighthood.
On Monday (20th April), during a public meeting, she brazened out, “When the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place, Gandhiji wrote the song ‘Ei Monihar Amay Nahi Saje’ and renounced his knighthood.”
The truth is that MK Gandhi was never given the knighthood by the British. In fact, Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Knighthood in 1915 for his immense contribution to the field of literature.
“Gandhi ji had returned his knighthood in protest of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre,”
— Facts (@BefittingFacts) April 21, 2026
– Says Mamata Banerjee
And these people pretend to be the saviors of Bengal. Every kid knows it was Rabindranath Thakur who returned his knighthood after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. pic.twitter.com/skhGCK2aBT
Tagore was deeply traumatised by the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, which occurred on 13th April 1919. An estimated 1000 unarmed Indian civilians were killed by British troops. He returned his knighthood a month later in May 1919.
Rabindranath Tagore is also the composer of the song ‘Ei Monihar Amay Nahi Saje’. It was not written by MK Gandhi, as claimed by Mamata Banerjee
