Rabindranath halted at Calcutta for some few days more the reasons of which he explained in a letter written to Adrews on 18th Feb; " Waiting for Lord Carmichael, hoping to see him tomorrow./Calcutta will keep me till Sunday.I do not hope to free myself from its clutches before that though I shall try. Anyhow, Monday will see me in Bolpur, somewhat feeble and worn-out, unfit to be trusted with any responsibility". Possibly, the meeting was arranged at the initiative of Lord Carmichael. He wrote to Rathindranath from Silaidah ; " Governor will arrive on 19th and our meeting was arranged 2/3 days after his arrival. Is the initial of Gourlay illegible? Perhaps, it is W.R. - if I'm correct.Anyway, you post the letter to his address which I've sent to you. " Gourlay was the private secretary of the Governor. The intention of the governor was , probably, expressed in his letter.Rabindranath also invited Carmichael to visit Santiniketan which he also accepted.
In the mean time, one man from Viceroy's Lodge wrote to Andrews on 16th Feb, marked private . " A suggestion was made to the Viceroy some little time ago that it would be an appropriate and graceful act on the part of His Majesty to confer a knighthood upon Rabindranah Tagore in recognition of the name he has established in India & Europe and of his genius as a poet -- The Viceroy would be very happy indeed to make a recommendation in this sense, if he thought that Rabindranath would appreciate the honor , but he hesitates to do so , because he just a shade of doubt whether Rabindranath would do so.So he has asked me to write and entrust to you the delicate task of sounding Rabinranath on the subject -- you are so close a friend of his that I feel sure you will be able to elicit from him his real feeling in the matter...
P.S. An early answer would greatly oblige."
Rabindranath was conferred Knighthood on 3 Jun 1915, the date of birth of 5th George in recognition of the name he has established in India and Europe and of his genius as a poet.
Rabindranath Tagore discarded this Title of Knighthood for the inhuman act of British Government in Jallianwalabag in 1919. Gopal Krishna Gokhale refused to accept the same title on political reason.
It is to be mentioned here that
Lord Hardinge had deep regard for Rabindranath and he declared Rabindranath, before receiving Nobel Prize, as the "Poet Laureate of Asia". Rabindranath was also grateful to him for it was due to his circular that the wards of Government servant could not study in the School at Santiniketan was revoked. 
