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Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore
Late-middle-aged bearded man in white robes looks to the left with serene composure.
Personal information
Birth date7 May 1861
Place of birthCalcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Date of death7 August 1941(age 80)
Pen nameGurudev/Bhanu Shingho
NationalityIndian
EthnicityBengali Hindu
Alma materSt. Xavier's Collegiate School, Calcutta
OccupationPoet, writer, lecturer
Notable worksGitanjali
Gora
Ghare-Baire
InfluencedD.R. Bendre, Kazi Nazrul Islam, André Gide, Yasunari Kawabata, Kuvempu, Henry Miller, Gabriela Mistral, Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz, Vijay Ghate
Literary movementBengal Renaissance
Awards
Nobel Prize In Literature
1913

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Rabindranath Tagore (-hnsrə.ʋɪn̪.d̪rə.n̪aːtʰ, Bengali: [ʈha.kur ro.bin̪.d̪rɔ.natʰ]; , Robindronath Ţhakur) (7 May 1861 � 7 August 1941), sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, novelist, musician, painter and playwright who reshaped Bengali literature and music. As author of Gitanjali with its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he was the first non-European to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature (1913). His poetry in translation was viewed as spiritual, and this together with his mesmerizing persona gave him a prophet-like aura in the west. His "elegant prose and magical poetry" still remain largely unknown outside the confines of Bengal.

A Pirali Brahmin from Kolkata, Tagore was already writing poems since he was eight years old. At age 16, he published his first substantial poetry under the pseudonym Bhanushingho ("Sun Lion") and wrote his first short stories and dramas in 1877. Tagore achieved further note when he denounced the British Raj and supported Indian independence. His efforts endure in his vast canon and in the institution he founded, Visva-Bharati University.

Tagore modernised Bengali art by spurning rigid classical forms. His novels, stories, songs, dance-dramas, and essays spoke to political and personal topics. Gitanjali (Song Offerings), Gora (Fair-Faced), and Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World) are his best-known works, and his verse, short stories, and novels were acclaimed for their lyricism, colloquialism, naturalism, and contemplation. Tagore was perhaps the only litterateur who penned anthems of two countries - Jana Gana Mana, the Indian national anthem and Amar Shonar Bangla, the Bangladeshi national anthem.

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Tagore song sung by Rabindranath Tagore himself. Pretty old recording....
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Tagore Song by Arnob. Arnob is a young Bangladeshi musician; initially was known as a member of folk-rock-fusion band "Bangla" (started in 1998); later gained widespread popularity for his solo career as singer, composer and music director. Arnob graduated in Fine Arts from Santiniketan (university founded by Rabindranath Tagore), India. [ Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was a Bengali renaissance figure; a mentor of undivided Bengal. He was a music composer, poet, novelist, playwright, artist, activist and a philosopher. Tagore became Asia's first Nobel laureate by winning the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is the only person in the world whose three different songs were chosen as national anthems for three different countries--for India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. * ] * Note: Many people do not know, even the Wikipedia does not have this information that Sri Lankan national anthem "Sri Lanka Matha" was originally composed and written in Bengali language by Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore's Sri Lankan student Ananda Samarakoon requested Tagore to write & compose a song for his country. Later Samarakoon translated the song into Sinhala language. Indian National Anthem "Jana Gana Mana" was translated from Bengali to Hindi by Tagore himself. And the tune of Bangladeshi national anthem "Amar Shonar Bangla" was originally a very old folk (Ba-ul) song by Gagan Harkara. Tagore recomposed the song and rewrote the lyrics.
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A memorable scene from Satyajit Ray's "Charulata" which is an adaption of "Nastanirh" by Rabindranath Tagore. In this scene the main character, Charu, sings Tagore's song, "Fule Fule Dhole Dhole."
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In this awesome skit, watch the Genius poet Dipangshu as a budding poet only too happy to copy a line from one of Tagore's works! But aloha, the poet comes out of a typical picture frame (literally) to have a candid chat with the new age poet!
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black,Wonderful Life,Rabindranath Tagore
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This was a school project in which we had to do a biography of a major poet. I chose to make an interview video with my poet, Rabindranath Tagore. Both are acted by me. Btw, I got an A+. Correction: Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature NOT Peace. Sorry, this is what happens when you do projects the night before. Inspired by Injoong Yoon.
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This Video is about the best Poet of India, and also the first Asian Nobel Prize winner! HIS NAME IS RABINDRANATH TAGORE! He was also the only person to ever write the national anthems of two nations! The Background music you hear is Jana Gana Mana! Which is the national anthem of India! This below is the translation in English to the lyrics: O! Dispenser of India's destiny, thou art the ruler of the minds of all people Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat, the Maratha country, in the Dravida country, Utkala and Bengal; It echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas, it mingles in the rhapsodies of the pure waters of Yamuna and the Ganges. They chant only thy name. They seek only thy auspicious blessings. They sing only the glory of thy victory. The salvation of all people waits in thy hands, O! Dispenser of India's destiny, thou art the ruler of the minds of all people Victory to thee, Victory to thee, Victory, Victory, Victory, Victory to thee!. Hope You ENJOY! VIDEO CREATED BY MOUNICA GUDIVADA! COMMENT PLEASE! PS KEVIN1300 is just a username! THANKS FOR WATCHiNG!
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Jana Gana Mana (Bengali: à¦à¦¨ à¦à¦£ মন Jôno Gôno Mono) is the national anthem of India. Written in highly Sanskritized Bengali, it is the first of five stanzas of a Brahmo hymn composed and scored by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. It was first sung at the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress,on 27 December 1911. Jana Gana Mana was officially adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the Indian national anthem on January 24, 1950.[1][2][3] The music for the "current version" is said to be derived from a composition for the song by Ram Singh Thakur, although some dispute this. A formal rendition of the national anthem takes about forty-eight to fifty-two seconds. A shortened version consisting of the first and last lines (and taking about 20 seconds to play) is also staged occasionally. Rabindranath Tagore also composed the music for another Indian poem Vande Mataram. Jana gaá¹a mana adhinÄyaka jaya hÄ BhÄrata bhÄgya VidhÄtÄ PañjÄba Sindhu GujarÄá¹­a MarÄá¹­hÄ DrÄviá¸a Utkala Baá¹ga Vindhya HimÄcala áºamunÄ Gaá¹gÄ Ucchala jaladhi taraá¹ga Tava Åubha nÄmÄ jÄgÄ Tava Åubha ÄÅiá¹£a mÄgÄ GÄhÄ tava jaya gÄthÄ Jana gaá¹a maá¹gala dÄyaka jaya hÄ BhÄrata bhÄgya vidhÄtÄ Jaya hÄ jaya hÄ jaya hÄ Jaya jaya jaya jaya hÄ Translation into English O! Dispenser of India's destiny, thou art the ruler of the minds of all people Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat, the Maratha country, in the Dravida country, Utkala and Bengal; It echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and <b>...</b>
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This is Dipanshu at his best! Watch where Ritu-da interviews none other than Kabiguru Rabindranath Tagore! And check out Ritu-da addressing the Bard... hilarious!
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A song by rabindranath Tagore from the fil Krantikal
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Sify---...- the 'Joint Indo-Bangladesh Celebrations' on literary icon -Rabindranath Tagore's- 150th birth anniversary in a manner befitting his vision and spirit. ... - Date : Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:32:25 GMT+00:00
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indiablooms---...- Dec 18 (IBNS) Blurring the shadowlines between the two nations, India and Bangladesh are slated to remember in fondness world poet -Rabindranath Tagore-. ... - Date : Sat, 18 Dec 2010 07:23:09 GMT+00:00
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Indian Express--Spending nearly an hour at the school in Vasant Vihar, Wen turned to -Rabindranath Tagore-, yoga and calligraphy to make his point in front of the students. ... - Date : Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:49:22 GMT+00:00
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MSN India--Dhaka, Dec 15 (PTI) President Zillur Rahman has paid rich tributes to poet -Rabindranath Tagore- at a function here to celebrate the centenary of his winning ... - Date : Wed, 15 Dec 2010 07:57:39 GMT+00:00
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Calcutta Telegraph--Bengal's theatre crowd is busy like never before in the run-up to Rabindranath's 150th year. Sebanti Sarkar explores why All -Rabindranath Tagore- expected a ... - Date : Sat, 11 Dec 2010 21:24:35 GMT+00:00
The only singing-star in Bengali cinema - Indian Express Tweet this news
Indian Express--Is Laboratory your first celluloid brush with -Rabindranath Tagore-? No, it is not. I have worked in several films based on Tagore's literary works. ... - Date : Fri, 17 Dec 2010 01:43:17 GMT+00:00
Cry for moral man in crisis of civilisations - Calcutta Telegraph Tweet this news
Calcutta Telegraph--In 1941, on the brink of death and in the midst of World War II, -Rabindranath Tagore- painted a gloomy picture of humanity in his lecture, Shabhyatar Shankat ... - Date : Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:46:52 GMT+00:00
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Daily News & Analysis--The Indian pavilion at the book fair was decorated with portraits of Nehru and Nobel Laureate -Rabindranath Tagore-.Li praised Nehru while looking at the ... - Date : Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:00:05 GMT+00:00
150th Tagore Anniversary Festival to be Celebrated From Sept 24-Oct 3 - India Journal Tweet this news
India Journal--BY A STAFF REPORTER LOS ANGELES - The 150th birth anniversary of the Nobel Laureate -Rabindranath Tagore- will be celebrated on a large scale week-long ... - Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:37:55 GMT+00:00
In LA, a joyous return to roots - Calcutta Telegraph Tweet this news
Calcutta Telegraph---...- was accompanied by daughter Soha Ali Khan, to present Robi O Radha (an adaptation of -Rabindranath Tagore's- Bhanushingher Padabali). ... - Date : Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:07:57 GMT+00:00

Poetry :

Poetry :

Poetry :

Poetry :
Poetry
* মানসী Manasi (The Ideal One) 1890
* সোনার তরী Sonar Tari (The Golden Boat) 1894
* গীতাঞ্জলি Gitanjali (Song Offerings) 1910
* গীতিমাল্য Gitimalya (Wreath of Songs) 1914
* বলাকা Balaka (The Flight of Cranes) 1916
Dramas
* বাল্মিকী প্রতিভা Valmiki Pratibha (The Genius of Valmiki) 1881
* বিসর্জন Visarjan (The Sacrifice) 1890
* রাজা Raja (The King of the Dark Chamber) 1910
* ডাকঘর Dak Ghar (The Post Office) 1912
* অচলায়তন Achalayatan (The Immovable) 1912
* মুক্তধারা Muktadhara (The Waterfall) 1922
* রক্তকরবী Raktakaravi (Red Oleanders) 1926
Fiction
* নষ্টনীড় Nastanirh (The Broken Nest) 1901
* গোরা Gora (Fair-Faced) 1910
* ঘরে বাইরে Ghare Baire (The Home and the World) 1916
* যোগাযোগ Yogayog (Crosscurrents) 1929
Memoirs
* জীবনস্মৃতি Jivansmriti (My Reminiscences) 1912
* ছেলেবেলা Chhelebela (My Boyhood Days) 1940

Poetry :

Poetry :
* Chitra 1914
* Creative Unity 1922
* The Crescent Moon 1913
* Fireflies 1928
* Fruit-Gathering 1916
* The Fugitive 1921
* The Gardener 1913
* Gitanjali: Song Offerings 1912
* Glimpses of Bengal 1991
* The Home and the World 1985
* The Hungry Stones and other stories 1916
* I Won't Let you Go: Selected Poems 1991
* The Lover of God 2003
* My Boyhood Days 1943
* My Reminiscences 1991
* Nationalism 1991
* The Post Office 1914
* Sadhana: The Realisation of Life 1913
* Selected Letters 1997
* Selected Poems 1994
* Selected Short Stories 1991
* Songs of Kabir 1915
* Stray Birds 1916

Bengal Renaissance

Topics
History of Bengal * Adi Dharm * British Raj * Bengali literature * Bengali poetry * Bengali music * Brahmo Samaj * Young Bengal * British Indian Association * Swadeshi * Satyagraha * Tattwabodhini Patrika * Tagore family * Rabindra Sangeet * Rabindra Nritya Natya * Santiniketan * Socialism * Vangiya Sahitya Parishad * Sambad Prabhakar | Institutions
Anandamohan College * Asiatic Society * Banga Mahila Vidyalaya * Bangabasi College * Bethune College * Calcutta Civil Engineering College * Calcutta Madrasah College * Calcutta Medical College * Duff College * Fort William College * Free Church Institution * General Assembly's Institution * Hindu College * Hindu Mahila Vidyalaya * Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science * Indian Statistical Institute * National Council of Education, Bengal * Oriental Seminary * Presidency College * Ripon College * Sanskrit College * Rammohan College * Serampore College * School of Tropical Medicine * Scottish Church College * Vidyasagar College * Visva-Bharati University * University of Calcutta * University of Dhaka | People
Sri Aurobindo * Rajnarayan Basu * Bethune * Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay * Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay * Akshay Kumar Datta * Henry Derozio * Alexander Duff * Michael Madhusudan Dutt * Romesh Chunder Dutt * Dwarkanath Ganguly * Kadambini Ganguly * Monomohun Ghose * Ramgopal Ghosh * Aghore Nath Gupta * Roquia Sakhawat Hussain * Kazi Nazrul Islam * Eugene Lafont * Harish Chandra Mukherjee * Subodh Chandra Mullick * Sambhunath Pandit * Ramakrishna Paramahamsa * Gour Govinda Ray * Raja Ram Mohan Roy * Akshay Chandra Sarkar * Mahendralal Sarkar * Brajendra Nath Seal * Girish Chandra Sen * Keshub Chandra Sen * Haraprasad Shastri * Debendranath Tagore * Rabindranath Tagore * Satyendranath Tagore * Brahmabandhab Upadhyay * Ram Chandra Vidyabagish * Dwarkanath Vidyabhusan * Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar * Swami Vivekananda |

Nobel Laureates in Literature

Sully Prudhomme (1901) * Theodor Mommsen (1902) * Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1903) * Frédéric Mistral / José Echegaray (1904) * Henryk Sienkiewicz (1905) * Giosuè Carducci (1906) * Rudyard Kipling (1907) * Rudolf Eucken (1908) * Selma Lagerlöf (1909) * Paul von Heyse (1910) * Maurice Maeterlinck (1911) * Gerhart Hauptmann (1912) * Rabindranath Tagore (1913) * Romain Rolland (1915) * Verner von Heidenstam (1916) * Karl Gjellerup / Henrik Pontoppidan (1917) * Carl Spitteler (1919) * Knut Hamsun (1920) * Anatole France (1921) * Jacinto Benavente (1922) * William Butler Yeats (1923) * Władysław Reymont (1924) * George Bernard Shaw (1925)

Rabindranath Tagore

Life
PeriodsTimeline * Early life * Middle years * Later life
AspectsPolitical views
Works
NovelsChokher Bali * Ghare Baire * Nastanirh * Jogajog * Shesher Kobita
StoriesKabuliwala
PoetryGitanjali
SongsRabindra Sangeet * "Amar Shonar Bangla" * "Chitto Jetha Bhayshunyo" * "Ekla Chalo Re" * "Jana Gana Mana"
Adaptations
Charulata * Ghare Baire * Rabindranath Tagore
Places
Jorasanko Thakur Bari * Santiniketan * Shilaidaha * Rabindra Bharati University * Visva-Bharati University
Family
Tagore family * Debendranath * Dwarkanath * Ramanath

Indian independence movement

HistoryColonisation * East India Company * British India * French India * Portuguese India * Plassey * Buxar * Anglo-Mysore Wars * Anglo-Maratha Wars (First * Second * Third) * Polygar War * Vellore Mutiny * First Anglo-Sikh War * Second Anglo-Sikh War * Rebellion of 1857 * British Raj * more
Philosophies
and ideologies
Indian nationalism * Swaraj * Hindu nationalism * Gandhism * Satyagraha * Indian Muslim nationalism * Swadeshi * Socialism * Khilafat Movement
Events and
movements
Partition of Bengal * Revolutionaries * Delhi-Lahore Conspiracy * The Indian Sociologist * The Sedetious conspiracy * Champaran and Kheda * Rowlatt Committee * Rowlatt Bills * Jallianwala Bagh Massacre * Non-Cooperation * Qissa Khwani bazaar massacre * Flag Satyagraha * Bardoli * 1928 Protests * Nehru Report * Purna Swaraj * Salt Satyagraha * Round table conferences * Act of 1935 * Legion Freies Indien * Cripps' mission * Quit India * Indian National Army * Tiger Legion * Bombay Mutiny * Coup d'État de Yanaon * Provisional Government of India
OrganisationsIndian National Congress * All-India Muslim League * Anushilan Samiti * Jugantar * Arya Samaj * Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh * India House * Berlin Committee * Ghadar * Home Rule * Khaksar Tehrik * Khudai Khidmatgar * Hindustan Republican Association * Swaraj Party * Indian Independence League * Azad Hind * more
Social
reformers
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi * Rahul Sankrityayan * Mahatma Jyotirao Phule * Gopal Ganesh Agarkar * Shahu Maharaj * Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar * Dhondo Keshav Karve * Vitthal Ramji Shinde * Mahadev Govind Ranade * Swami Dayananda Saraswati * Ramakrishna * Swami Vivekananda * Vinoba Bhave * Baba Amte * Ram Mohan Roy * Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Indian leaders
and activists
Puli Thevar * Yashwantrao Holkar * Rahul Sankrityayan * Veerapandiya Kattabomman * Sangolli Rayanna * Baba Ram Singh * Mangal Pandey * Veer Kunwar Singh * Rae Ahmed Nawaz Khan Kharal � * Rani of Jhansi * Bahadur Shah Zafar * Swami Dayanand Saraswati * Bal Gangadhar Tilak * Gopal Krishna Gokhale * Dadabhai Naoroji * Bhikaiji Cama * Shyamji Krishna Varma * Annie Besant * Har Dayal * Subramanya Bharathi * Lala Lajpat Rai * Bipin Chandra Pal * Rash Behari Bose * Chittaranjan Das * Bidhan Chandra Roy * Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan * Maulana Azad * Ashfaqullah Khan * Ram Prasad Bismil * Chandrasekhar Azad * Rajaji * Bhagat Singh * Sarojini Naidu * Purushottam Das Tandon * Alluri Sitaramaraju * M. Ali Jinnah * Sardar Patel * Vakkom Majeed * Subhash Chandra Bose * Jawaharlal Nehru * Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi * Allama Mashriqi * Akkamma Cherian * Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai * Kotwal Dhan Singh Gurjar * more |
British leadersRobert Clive * James Outram * Dalhousie * Irwin * Linlithgow * Wavell * Stafford Cripps * Mountbatten * more
IndependenceSimla Conference * Cabinet Mission * Indian Independence Act * Partition of India * Political integration * Constitution * Republic of India |



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