Rabindranath Tagore is not only the Poet of India, but also
one of the best poets of the world.
He was born on 8 May, 1961 at Jorashanko, Kolkata. His
father’s name was Maharishi Debendranath Tagore. His mother’s name was Sharada
Devi.
Rabindranath Tagore first took admission in the Oriental
Seminary School. After that, he took admission in a normal school. He did not
like school education and left the school. He was educated at home in various subjects. At the age of
seventeen, he went to Britain to study English literature.
He started writing poems at the age of seven years. He wrote
many poems, stories, essays and novels. Some of his important poems are Sonar Tori, Balaka, Purobi, Chitra and Gitanjali. His dramas are Dakgar
and Raktakarabi. Some of his novels
are Gora, Choker Bali and Ghare Baire.
He composed innumerable songs. He
also composed our National Anthem, Jana Gana
Mana. He was a lover of mankind. He won the Nobel Prize for his poetical
work Gitanjali. He renounced the title of honour awarded by
the British to protest against the massacre
at the Jaliwanala Bagh in 1919. He established the Viswabharati at Shantiniketan
in Bolepur. He passed away on 18 August in 1941.
Rabindranath Tagore is no more with us, but his ideas and
ideals will continue to inspire and encourage the whole humanity in the days to
come.
Word Meanings : various : several : Deveskeâ; innumerable : several : Deveskeâ~
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