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Rabindranath Tagore was one of the best Indian poets, writers, and philosophers. On May 7, 1861, he was born into a well-to-do and intellectual Kolkata family.
His family used to call him ‘Rabi’ with love. Rabindranath Tagore received his early education at home only.
For higher studies, he went to England, but his love for reading and writing dragged him back to India.
He started to write many poems and tales filled with compassion, power, and melody.
He opened a unique university dedicated to peace and celebrating the ancient Indian culture named Santiniketan in 1901.
He published the famous Gitanjali, a book of more than a hundred songs devoted to God, for which he got the Nobel Prize in 1913.
India and Bangladesh’s national anthems, Jana Gana Mana and Amar Shonar Bangla respectively were composed by him.
Rabindranath Tagore was awarded a Knighthood for Services to Literature by the British monarchy but he returned it to show objection to the colonial rule.
Inspiring Indians not to be afraid of British rule, he wrote many stories and poems against the British. He used his literature to fight for freedom for his country.
Rabindranath Tagore will always be the pride of Bengal and the glory of India.
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