Rabindranath Tagore was a poet, writer, musician and philospher. He was born in 1861 in Calcutta (now Kolkata) to Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi. Young Tagore was popularly called 'Rabi'.
Music was an liked poetry and music . He wrote his first poem Banphool when he was just 15. It was later published in a magzine.
Rabindranath had a keen interest in the folk music of Bengal. He used it in many of his songs. Our National Anthem , ' Jana-Gana-Mana', was composed by him.
Tagore wrote nearly 50 books and more than 3,000 poems He was awarded the Nobal Prize for Literature in 1913 for his book Gitanjali . He was also Knighted by the English goverment in 1915. However ,he returned this honour in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.
Rabindranath believed that education was the only means through which India could progress. He Founded a school at Shantiniketan (in West Bengal ) in 1901 . It is now Known as the Vishva Bharti University . Tagore devoted a great deal of his time to this school . He lived there till he passed away in 1941.
Rabindra sangeet , the music of Tagore is very popular today. It is sung and enjoyed by people all over the world.
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