About the Author
Rabindranath Tagore was born on 7 May, 1861 to Maharshi Debendranath Tagore, one of the leaders of the Brahmo Samaj, and Sarada Devi. He was a distinguished Bengali poet, writer, painter, playwright and composer of songs. He was homeschooled by a variety of teachers in a variety of subjects. He composed ‘Sishu’, ‘Dakghor’, ‘Birpurush’, ‘Proshno’, ‘Sahaj Path’ and others for children.
He was the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in the year 1913. In 1915, the prestigious ‘knighthood’ was awarded to him by the British Raj but he soon renounced it as a protest to the Jallianwalah Bagh massacre of 1919. A highly renowned artist, he was known for introducing the Indian culture to the West which led to his establishment of the ‘Vishwabharati’ University in Santiniketan which is a mosaic of the East and the West. Two of his song compositions, “Jana Gana Mana” and “Amar Shonar Bangla” were chosen by India and Bangladesh respectively as their national anthems.
Rabindranath Tagore passed away on August 7, 1941.
About the Author
Rabindranath Tagore was born on 7 May, 1861 to Maharshi Debendranath Tagore, one of the leaders of the Brahmo Samaj, and Sarada Devi. He was a distinguished Bengali poet, writer, painter, playwright and composer of songs. He was homeschooled by a variety of teachers in a variety of subjects. He composed ‘Sishu’, ‘Dakghor’, ‘Birpurush’, ‘Proshno’, ‘Sahaj Path’ and others for children.
He was the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in the year 1913. In 1915, the prestigious ‘knighthood’ was awarded to him by the British Raj but he soon renounced it as a protest to the Jallianwalah Bagh massacre of 1919. A highly renowned artist, he was known for introducing the Indian culture to the West which led to his establishment of the ‘Vishwabharati’ University in Santiniketan which is a mosaic of the East and the West. Two of his song compositions, “Jana Gana Mana” and “Amar Shonar Bangla” were chosen by India and Bangladesh respectively as their national anthems.
Rabindranath Tagore passed away on August 7, 1941.