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- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 9th May paid his tributes to Gurudev Tagore on his Jayanti.
About Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti
- Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti is a cultural celebration which is celebrated all over India and globally.
- According to the Bengali calendar, Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti is celebrated on the 25th day of Boisakh and as per the English calendar, it is celebrated on 7th May 2022. This year it is the 161st birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore.
About Rabindranath Tagore
- Rabindranath Tagore was a great Bengali poet, writer, novelist, philosopher and painter.
- Rabindranath Tagore was born on 7th May 1861 in Jorasanko Thakurbai in Kolkata.
- He was born to his mother Sarada Devi and father Debendranath Tagore and he belonged to an affluent brahmin family.
- He was the youngest one in his family and had a great desire to learn new things.
- He was respectfully called Gurudev and Bard of Bengal.
- He was popular for the contribution he has made in the field of art and literature.
- He was the first non-European, who received the Nobel Prize in the year of 1913 for his collection of poetry named ‘Gitanjali’, which was a big achievement being an Indian.
- Apart from being a prolific writer, he was also an influential artist and musician.
- He also composed the national anthem of India, and Bangladesh and even he contributed to the national anthem of Sri Lanka, which led him to become a renowned personality all over the world.
- He was one of the greatest revolutionaries, he was also an educationist and wanted to restructure the education system in India, so founded Shantiniketan to provide education and later this became Viswa Bharti University.
- He wrote approx 2230 songs in his whole life. In his last 13 years of life, he painted approx 3000 paintings and showed his creative power.
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