Life biography of rabindranath tagore in bengali
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Rabindranath Tagore was born into a distinguished Bengali family in Calcutta in 1861. His father was the Maharishi Debendranath Tagore, the Hindu reformer and mystic and his mother was Sharada Devi.
His mother already had 12 living children when Tagore was born, several of whom were married. Her husband was often away on business. Tagore's support therefore came from his older siblings.
Educated at home, he was taught in Bengali, with English lessons in the afternoon. He read the Bengali poets from an early age and began writing poetry himself at the age of eight. Tagore did have a brief spell at St Xavier's
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Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher, writer and novelist (1861–1941)
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Rabindranath ThakurFRAS (Bengali:[roˈbindɾonatʰˈʈʰakuɾ];[1] anglicised as Rabindranath Tagore; 7 May 1861[2] – 7 August 1941[3]) was an Indian Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renaissance.[4][5][6] He reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author of the "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful" poetry of Gitanjali. In 1913, Tagore became the first non-European to win a Nobel Prize in any category, and also the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Tagore's poetic songs were viewed as spiritual and mercurial; wh
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Rabindranath Tagore is a versatile Bengali personality who has significantly contributed to literature, music, art, education, and social welfare. He is most famous for his poetry, especially the "Gitanjali," a collection of spiritual and lyrical poems that won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. His novels, short stories, plays, and essays have contributed significantly to Bengali literature and are read by people across the globe.
Tagore was also a great composer and contributed to music in many ways. He wrote approximately 2,230 songs, which are called Rabindra Sangeet. These songs are an essential part of Bengal and its culture and are sung today. His songs are marked by their powerful and poetic lyrics and can express emanations, such as emanations and situations in human life, from devotion to nationalism. Some of his most famous works include the national anthems of India—"Jana Gana Mana"—and Bangladesh—"Amar Shonar Bangla."
In education, Tagore's dream was to create