10 MAY,2023.
Tagore’s birth anniversary celebration overshadowed by protests at Santiniketan Shah’s remark that Tagore composed ‘national songs’ of 2 countries kicks up row (PG 14 )(GS 1)
10 MAY,2023.
•Birth: He was born in Calcutta on 7th May 1861.
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•About
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He was also referred to as ‘Gurudev’, ‘Kabiguru’, and ‘Biswakabi’.
He is regarded as the outstanding creative artist of modern India and hailed by W.B Yeats, Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, novelist, and painter, who was highly influential in introducing Indian culture to the west.
He was an exceptional literary figure and a renowned polymath who singlehandedly reshaped the region's literature and music.
He was a good friend of Mahatma Gandhi and is said to have given him the title of Mahatma.
He had always stressed that unity in diversity is the only possible way for India’s national integration.
He had spoken at the World Parliament for Religions in the years 1929 and 1937.