Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2023: Rabindranath Tagore’s birthday celebration is celebrated on May 7 according to the Gregorian calendar but according to the Bengali calendar, he was born on the 25th day of the month Boishakha. So, in West Bengal, his birthday is celebrated on May 9 this year according to the Bengali calendar. Learn all about Tagore’s early life, family, education, career and more in the article below.
Rabindranath Tagore’s birthday celebration is also known as Pochishe Boishakh. He was born into a wealthy Brahmin family in Kolkata (Calcutta) and was the youngest child in the family.
| Born: 7 May 1861 Birthplace: Calcutta, British India Surname: Bhanu Singha Thakur (Bhonita) Father: Debendranath Tagore Mother: Sarada Devi Wife: Mrinalini Devi Children: Renuka Tagore, Shamindranath Tagore, Meera Tagore, Rathindranath Tagore and Madhuriata Tagore Died: August 7, 1941 Place of death: Calcutta, British India. Profession: writer, composer, playwright, essayist, painter. Language: Bengali, English. Award: Nobel Prize in Literature (1913) |
Let us tell you that Rabindranath Tagore was a multi-talented person and was always eager to learn new things. His contributions to literature, music and some of his works are unforgettable. People not only in West Bengal but across India remembered him and his contributions on his birthday. Back in 1913, he received the most prestigious Nobel Prize for his great contributions to Indian literature. Did you know he is the first Asian to receive this award? We cannot forget that he was the one who composed the Indian national anthem.
Rabindranath Tagore: Childhood and Childhood
He was born on May 7, 1861 to the family of Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi at Jorasanko Villa, Tagore’s family home in Kolkata (Calcutta). He is the youngest among his siblings. He lost his mother when he was very young. His father was a traveler, so he was mainly raised by servants and maids. He was part of the Bengal Renaissance at a very young age and his family was also actively involved in that movement. At the age of 8, he began writing poetry, and at the age of 16, he also began composing works of art and began publishing his poems under the pen name Bhansimha. In 1877, he wrote the short story ‘Bhikharini’ and in 1882, he wrote the poetry collection ‘Sandhya Sangit’.
He was influenced by classical poetry Kalidasa and started writing his own classical poems. His sister, Swarnakumari, is a famous writer. In 1873, he traveled with his father for several months and acquired knowledge on several subjects. He studied Sikhism while in Amritsar and wrote about six poems and many articles on the religion.
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Rabindranath Tagore: Education
His traditional education began in Brighton, East Sussex, England, at a public school. In 1878, he went to England to work as a lawyer to fulfill his father’s wishes. He was not very interested in school and later joined University College London to study law, but dropped out and taught himself various works of Shakespeare. He also learned the nature of English, Irish and Scottish literature and music; he returned to India and married Mrinalini Devi.
Rabindranath Tagore: Founding of Shantiniketan
Source: www.thebetterindia.comHis father bought a large piece of land for meditation and named it Shantiniketan. Debendranath Tagore founded ‘Ashram’ in 1863. In 1901, Rabindranath Tagore founded an open-air school. It is a prayer room with marble floors and is called ‘Mandir’. It is also known as ‘Patha Bhavana’ and started with just five students. Classes here are held under the canopy of trees and follow the traditional teaching method of Guru-Shishya. This teaching trend has revived ancient teaching methods that have proven to be good compared to modernized methods. Unfortunately, his wife and two children both passed away, leaving him alone. At that time he was very upset. Meanwhile, his works began to flourish and become more popular among Bengali as well as foreign readers. In 1913, he was recognized and received the prestigious Nobel Prize in Literature, and became the first Asian to win a Nobel Prize. Shantiniketan is now a famous university town in West Bengal.
Let us tell you that Rabindranath Tagore envisioned a center of learning that brought together the best of the East and the West. He founded Visva Bharati University in West Bengal. It includes two campuses, one in Shantiniketan and the other in Sriniketan. Sriniketan focuses on agriculture, adult education, villages, handicrafts.
Rabindranath Tagore: Literary works
yapajog: Published in 1929, his novel is a gripping look at marital rape.
Everybody: Published in 1901. This novel is about relationships and love, reciprocated and unrequited.
Ghare Baire: Published in 1916. It is the story of a married woman imprisoned by her family trying to find her own identity.
Mountain: Set in the 1880s, this is an expansive, comprehensive and extremely relevant novel that touches on a number of themes such as religion, gender, feminism as well as tradition and modernity.
Chokher Bali: In 1903, a novel deals with many different aspects of a relationship.
His short story is Bhikarini, Kabuliwala, Kshudita Pashan, Atottju, Haimanti and Musalmanir Golpo et cetera.
They are songs Balaka, Purobi, Sonar Tori and Gitanjali.
There is no doubt that he changed the directions of Bengali literature as seen earlier. Many countries even built their own statues to honor the legendary writer. About five museums are dedicated to Tagore, three of which are located in India and the remaining two in Bangladesh.
He spent the last years of his life in extreme pain, even falling into a coma in 1937. After extreme pain, he died on August 7, 1941 at Jorasanko Castle, where he grew up.
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