Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2023: Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary is celebrated on May 7 according to the Gregorian calendar, but according to the Bengali calendar, he was born on the 25th day of the month of Boishakh. So, in West Bengal, his birthday is celebrated this year according to the Bengali calendar on May 9. In the following article, know all about Tagore’s early life, his family, education, career of his and more.
Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary is also known as Pochishe Boishakh. He was born in a rich Brahmin family in Kolkata (Calcutta) and was the youngest brother in his family.
| Born: 7 May 1861 Birthplace: Calcutta, British India Pseudonym: Bhanu Singha Thakur (Bhonita) Father: Debendranath Tagore Mother: Sarada Devi Wife: Mrinalini Devi Children: Renuka Tagore, Shamindranath Tagore, Meera Tagore, Rathindranath Tagore and Madhurilata Tagore Died: August 7, 1861 1941Place of death: Calcutta, British IndiaProfession: Writer, songwriter, playwright, essayist, painterLanguage: Bengali, EnglishPrize: Nobel Prize in Literature (1913) |
Let us tell you that Rabindranath Tagore was a multifaceted personality with a great desire to learn new things. His contributions to literature, music and his various works are unforgettable. People not only in West Bengal but also across India remember him and his contributions on his birth anniversary. Already in 1913 he received the most prestigious Nobel Prize for his great contribution to Indian literature. Do you know that he was the first person from Asia to receive this award? We cannot forget that he is the person who composed the National Anthem of India.
Rabindranath Tagore: early life and childhood
He was born on 7 May 1861 to Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi in the Jorasanko mansion, which is the ancestral home of the Tagore family in Kolkata (Calcutta). Among his brothers, he was the youngest. He lost his mother when he was very young, his father was a traveler and, therefore, he was raised mainly by his servants and maids. From a very young age she was part of the Bengal renaissance and his family also actively participated in it. At the age of 8 he began writing poems and at sixteen he also began composing works of art and began publishing his poems under the pseudonym Bhanusimha. In 1877 he wrote the short story ‘Bhikharini’ and in 1882 the collection of poems ‘Sandhya Sangit’.
He was influenced by the classical poetry of Kalidasa and began writing his own classical poems. His sister Swarnakumari was a well-known novelist. In 1873 he toured with his father for several months and gained knowledge on various topics. He learned Sikhism when he stayed in Amritsar and wrote about six poems and many articles on the religion.
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Rabindranath Tagore: Education
His traditional education began in Brighton, East Sussex, England, at a public school. In 1878, he traveled to England to become a lawyer and fulfill his father’s wish. He was not much interested in school learning and later also joined University College, London to learn law, but he abandoned it and learned several of Shakespeare’s plays on his own. He also learned the essence of English, Irish and Scottish literature and music; He returned to India and married Mrinalini Devi.
Rabindranath Tagore: Shantiniketan established
Source: www.thebetterindia.comHis father bought a huge land for meditation and named it Shantiniketan. Debendranath Tagore founded an ‘Ashram’ in 1863. In 1901, Rabindranath Tagore established an open-air school. It was a prayer hall with a marble floor and was called ‘The Mandir’. It was also called ‘Patha Bhavana’ and started with just five students. Classes here were held under trees and followed the traditional teaching method of Guru-Shishya. This teaching trend revived the old teaching method which was beneficial compared to the modernized method. Unfortunately, his wife and two children died and he left alone. At that time he was very disturbed. Meanwhile, his works began to grow and became more popular among Bengali and foreign readers. In 1913, he gained recognition and received the prestigious Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming Asia’s first Nobel laureate. Now, Shantiniketan is a famous university town in West Bengal.
Let us tell you that Rabindranath Tagore envisioned a center of learning that would have the best of both the East and the West. He established Visva Bharati University in West Bengal. It consists of two campuses, one in Shantiniketan and the other in Sriniketan. Sriniketan focuses on agriculture, adult education, villages, cottage industries and crafts.
Rabindranath Tagore: literary works
Japanese: Published in 1929, her novel is a compelling view of marital rape.
Nastanirh: Published in 1901. This novel is about relationships and love, both reciprocated and unrequited.
Ghare Baire: Published in 1916. It is the story of a married woman constrained in her home who tries to find her own identity.
Gora: Set in the 1880s is an expansive, exhaustive and highly relevant novel that addresses various themes such as religion, gender, feminism and also tradition versus modernity.
Chokher Bali: In 1903, a novel consisting of several facets of relationships.
His stories are Bhikarini, Kabuliwala, Kshudita Pashan, Atottju, Haimanti and Musalmanir Golpo etc
The poems are Balaka, Purobi, Sonar Tori and Gitanjali.
It has certainly changed the dimensions of Bengali literature as it was previously considered. Many countries have even erected their statues to pay tribute to the legendary writer. Around five museums are dedicated to Tagore, of which three are situated in India and the remaining two in Bangladesh.
He spent his last years in severe pain and even went into a coma in 1937. After much suffering, he died on August 7, 1941 in the Jorasanko mansion where he grew up.
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