Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and his controversial remarks have made headlines in the past for not-so-good reasons. From commenting on traits of Indian beauty to the internet in Mahabharata era, Mr Deb has got no chill.

Although this time Biplab Deb didn't make any controversial statements, he ended up adding a major blooper to his list of blunders.

Biplab Deb made this blunder while addressing a gathering and the media on the occasion of Rabindranath Tagore's birth anniversary in Udaipur.

Deb said, "Rabindranath Tagore returned his Nobel Prize in protest against the British."

However, Rabindranath Tagore did not give up the Nobel Prize to protest against the British.

Tagore had received the Nobel Prize in 1913 for literature but, had refused a knighthood in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919.

However, Biplab Deb's remark was caught on camera during the event and quickly went viral on social media. Social media users, being as merciless as they are, trolled him instead.

FYI: What is a knighthood?

The title of a knight is given to a man by a British king or queen for his service to the country. It allows the man to use 'Sir' ahead of his name instead of Mister.

Deb, on the other hand, got his facts wrong and became the undisputed king of gaffes.

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