Rabindranath Tagore Biography, Age, Height, Poem, Education, Nobel Prize, Family and Works

Rabindranath Tagore Biography

Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali writer and artist who was born on May 7, 1861, in Calcutta and died there on August 7, 1941. Born to a wealthy Brahmin family, he was tutored at home and traveled and read widely; despite limited formal schooling, he was widely educated in many disciplines. He isbest known for his work as a writer and artist and for being the first person from India to be awarded a Nobel Prize, which he won for literature in 1913. During the period from 1901 to 1932, he founded and ran an ashram, an experimental school. Although from an upper-class family himself, he was aware of the injustice of the caste system and advocated for an end to discrimination against Dalits.

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Rabindranath Tagore Age

He was born on 7th August 1941, Jorasanko Thakur Bari, Kolkata, India and his resting place are Cremated at Nimtala crematorium, Calcutta, British India; Ashes scattered in the Ganges River. He died at 80 years old.

Rabindranath Tagore Height

He had a standing height of 5feet 9 inches tall.

Rabindranath Tagore Family

With over three hundred years of history, The Tagore family (also spelled Thakur) has been one of the leading families of Calcutta, India, and is regarded as a key influence during the Bengal Renaissance. The family has produced several persons who have contributed substantially in the fields of business, social and religious reformation, literature, art and music.

Rabindranath Tagore Wife

He was married to Kadambari Devi who was nine years younger than her husband, whom she married on 5 July 1868. She was the daughter-in-law of Debendranath Tagore.

Rabindranath Tagore Education

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Rabindranath Tagore’s Career

In his mature years, in addition to his many-sided literary activities, he managed the family estates, a project which brought him into close touch with common humanity and increased his interest in social reforms. He also started an experimental school at Shantiniketan where he tried his Upanishadic ideals of education.

From time to time he participated in the Indian nationalist movement, though in his own non-sentimental and visionary way; and Gandhi, the political father of modern India, was his devoted friend. Tagore was knighted by the ruling British Government in 1915, but within a few years, he resigned the honor as a protest against British policies in India.

Rabindranath Tagore Net Worth

He had an estimated net worth of $ 97 million.

Rabindranath Tagore Poems

BY RABINDRANATH TAGORE

VII
Sing the song of the moment in careless carols, in the transient light of the day;
Sing of the fleeting smiles that vanish and never look back;
Sing of the flowers that bloom and fade without regret.
Weave not in memory’s thread the days that would glide into nights.
To the guests that must go bid God-speed, and wipe away all traces of their steps.
Let the moments end in moments with their cargo of fugitive songs.
With both hands snap the fetters you made with your own heart chords;
Take to your breast with a smile what is easy and simple and near.
Today is the festival of phantoms that know not when they die.
Let your laughter flush in meaningless mirth like twinkles of light on the ripples;
Let your life lightly dance on the verge of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
Strike in the chords of your harp the fitful murmurs of moments.
Source: Poetry

Rabindranath Tagore Nobel prize

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1913 was awarded to Rabindranath Tagore “because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West.”

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Friendship and love: A glimpse into Rabindranath Tagore’s personal life

Tagore admired Mahatma Gandhi as a political leader and a person.

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Updated: May 07, 2018, 03.47 PM IST

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), also known as Gurudev, conquered the field of literature with his numerous forms of poems, stories, dramas and songs. Till this day, his contribution is deeply rooted in India and abroad.

Other than working towards his evergreen legacy, he brought about many changes in society. While managing his family estates, he came closer to humanity and explored his interest in social reforms. He then tried to implement his Upanishadic ideals to education..

On his 157th birth anniversary, here’s a look at his personal life and achievements:

An all-time achiever

Born in 1861, Tagore was home-schooled all his young life. Gu.

Soon after that, in 1915, Tagore was knighted by the British Government, but he resigned within a few years as a protest against their policies in India.

Born in 1861, Tagore was home-schooled all his young life. Gurudev was then sent to England to receive formal education when he turned 17. However, he didn’t complete his education there. In 1940, Tagore was awarded with an honorary doctorate by Oxford University.

In 1913, Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his great literary contribution to the West. While he initially wrote his poems in Bengali, the English translations of some of his poems became a rage in the ..

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