Rabindranath Tagore

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Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, poet, mystic and painter is among the leading personalities of Modern India. He was awarded the Nobel prize in Literature for his collection of poems 'Gitanjali'. Tagore's works are classics, renowned for then lyrical beauty and spiritual poignancy. In Tagore's own words, "The world speaks to me in colours, my soul answers in music".

Chronology
List of poems and books
Some poems for you to read

Chronology ( 1861 - 1941 ) :
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7 May 1861			Born in Calcutta, India
1868			Wrote his first poem at the age of 7
1878			Tagore's first book of poetries published
1879			Went to England for higher studies
1883			Came back to India
1890			Got married to Mrinalini Devi
1890			Manasi, a collection of Tagore's poems were published
1890			Settled at Shilaidaha in Kushthia (now in Bangladesh)
1901			Founded school at Shanti Niketan
1902 - 1907			Rabindranath's wife, father, daughter Renuka and son Samindra died
1905			Bengal was partitioned. Rabindranath was gripped by fever of Nationalism
1910			He got married his son to a young widow Pratima Devi.
1910			Wrote Gitanjali in Bengali
1911			Wrote Jana Gana Mana ( India's National Anthem)
1912			Gitanjali was published in English
1913			Awarded Nobel Prize in literature
1915			Knighted by the British king George
1919			Renounced his knighthood following Jallianwala massacre incident
1924			Tagore opened Vishva Bharati University at Shanti Niketan
1929			Tagore began painting
1939			Tagore asked Gandhiji to lift the ban on Subhash Chandra Bose and have his cooperation cordially invited in the "supreme interest of national unity"
7 Aug 1941			Rabindranath Tagore died in Calcutta, India
			( Excerpted from Itihaas )
List of poems and books :
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			Poems : Manasi 1890 Sonar Tari (Golden Boat) 1893 The Evening Songs The Morning Songs Kadi O Komal (1896) Gitanjali (1910) The Cresent Moon The Gardener Stray Birds Fruit-Gathering Lover's Gift Crossing Karna and Kunti Sacrifice Chaitali (Late Harvest) 1896 Kalpana (Dreams) 1900 Kshanika (1900) Naivedya (Offerings) 1901 Novels : Gora The Wreck Raja Aar Rani Muktadhara Raj Rishi Ghare Baire Nauka Dubi Binodini Stories : Kabuli Wallah Kshudita Pashan Plays : Chitrangada (1892) Malini (1895)

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