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Rabindra Nath Tagore (1861-1941)
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born on Tuesday, 7th May 1861 in a wealthy family in Calcutta at the address of 6, Dwarakanath Thakur Lane, Calcutta.
In 1901 he founded his school, the Santiniketan, at
Bolpur as a protest against the existing bad system of
education. The school was a great success and gave
birth to Viswabharati. On revisiting England in 1911
he brought with him the English Gitanjali, and it's
publication in 1912 and the award of the Nobel Prize
for literature the following year made him
world-famous. His
patriotic poems and songs, particularly the latter, have
passed into the common heritage of his country; the song Jana
- Gana - Mana is now sung all over India as the
national anthem.
Tagore also left numerous drawings and paintings, and songs for which he wrote the music himself. Rabindranath
Tagore passed away on 7th August, 1941.
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