Rabindranath Tagore

Who was Rabindranath Tagore?

Rabindranath Tagore reshaped Bengali literature and music and became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote the national anthems of both India and Bangladesh and founded Visva-Bharati at Santiniketan.

Key dates

1. 1910

   Publishes Gitanjali in Bengali.

2. 1913

   Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature.

3. 1919

   Renounces his knighthood after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

4. 1921

   Founds Visva-Bharati University at Santiniketan.

5. 1941

   Passes away in Kolkata on 7 August.

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