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Rabindranath Tagore

Context:

On 7th May, the 162nd birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore was celebrated.

Image Source: Hindustan Times

Facts about Rabindranath Tagore:

He was a poet, musician and artist who reshaped Bengali literature and music, introducing India’s rich cultural heritage to the West.
Birth:

- May 7 in 1861, but according to the Bengali calendar, it was the 25th of Baishakh.

Titles:

- He is famous by many names – Gurudev, Kabiguru, Biswakabi and is often referred to as “the Bard of Bengal“.
- Tagore gave Gandhi the title of Mahatma.

Famous Work:

- Composed ‘Jana Gana Mana’, India’s national anthem.
- “Gitanjali”, a collection of sensitive Bengali poems, which won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.
- Gora (Fair-Faced) and Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World), Chokher Bali, Kabuliwallah, The Postmaster and Shesher Kabita, among others.

News Source: Hindustan Times

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