April 2024
Intermediate to advanced
752 pages
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English
Rabindranath Tagore was born on 7 May 1861 in Calcutta. He was an iconic figure in the Indian cultural renaissance and was a polymath poet, philosopher, musician, writer, and educationist. He became the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in 1913 for his collection of poems, Gitanjali. He was honoured with the title of Gurudev by M. K. Gandhi, also known as Kabiguru, and Biswakabi and his songs are popularly known as Rabindrasangeet. The national anthems of India (the Jana Gana Mana), and Bangladesh (Amar Shonar Bangla) are composed by him.
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Rabindranath Tagore’s first poem, entitled Abhilasha (Desire), is published anonymously in the journal ... |
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