Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore Aswathy Suresh Sem 2 , English CNCE Thiruvallom

Contents Introduction Birth Place Family Tagore at different stages of his life Education About who Tagore was Tagore & Santiniketan Tagore in Independence Tagore the educationalist Literary works Achievements of Tagore Tagore with famous personalities Interesting facts about Tagore Conclusion Reference

Introduction As part of the B.Ed curriculum , we were assigned to create a digital album on an author. The author I chose for the album is Rabindranath Tagore . His work Taj Mahal is prescribed in the SCERT textbook for class VIII. Rabindranath Tagore was a man of prodigious literary and artistic accomplishments and played a leading role in the Indian cultural and national movements.

Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore • Birth : 7th May 1861 • Death : 7th August 1941

Birth Place Calcutta (place) Jorasanko Thakur Bari (Home)

Family Father Mother Debendranath Tagore Sarada Devi

Spouse : Mrinalini Devi Children: Rathindranath Tagore, Shamindranath Tagore, Meera Devi, Madhurilata Devi, Renuka Devi

Tagore at different stages of his life

Education Oriental Seminary School He did not like the conventional education and started studying at home under several teachers. He was mostly trained by his siblings both in literary as well as physical activities like gymnastics and martial arts.

Law Schooling University College London He did not finish his studies here. He rather took up independent studies of Shakespeare.

Tagore was …. • An iconic figure in the Indian cultural renaissance • Leader of the Brahmo Samaj • Polymath poet • Philosopher • Musician • Writer • Educationalist He was called Gurudev, Kabiguru, and Biswakabi affectionately and his songs are popularly known as Rabindrasangeet.

Rabindranath Tagore in Santiniketan • Tagore moved to Santiniketan ashram in 1901 • Started an experimental school based on traditional guru-shishya teaching methods from the Upanishads.

Rabindranath Tagore in Independence movement • Participated in the Indian nationalist movement • Gandhi, the political father of modern India, was his devoted friend • Recognized as one of the architects of modern India.

Tagore The Educationalist • 1n 1921, Tagore established Viswabharati University • Gave all his money from Nobel Prize and royalty money from his books to this University.

Literary works of Rabindranath Tagore

Poetry Major Plays • Manasi (1890) (The Ideal One) • Raja (1910) [The King of the Dark Chamber] • Sonar Tari (1894) (The Golden Boat) • Dakghar (1912) [The Post Office] • Gitanjali (1910) (Song Offerings) • Achalayatan (1912) [The Immovable] • Muktadhara (1922) [The Waterfall] • Gitimalya (1914) (Wreath of Songs) • Raktakaravi (1926) [Red • Balaka (1916) (The Flight of Cranes) Oleanders]. The English renderings of his poetry, which include Short stories and Novels • The Gardener (1913) • Fruit-Gathering (1916) • Gora (1910) • The Fugitive (1921) • Ghare-Baire (1916) [The Home and the World] • Yogayog (1929) [Crosscurrents]

Achievements of Rabindranath Tagore ❖ Won Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 and Tagore was the first Indian to won Nobel Prize. ❖ British crowned Rabindranath Tagore with Knight Title in 1915, but after the incident at Jallianwala Bagh, Rabindranath Tagore refused to keep Knight Title further at 1919 to protest the terror. ❖ In 1930 the Paintings of Rabindranath Tagore was exhibited in Paris and London. ❖ Tagore was conferred with Doctorate of Literature by Oxford University in a special ceremony held in Santiniketan in 1940. ❖ Indian Postage Department showed their tribute to Rabindranath Thakur on 7th May 1961 when a Stamp released in the name of Rabindranath Tagore.

Tagore with famous personalities With With Albert Einstein Mahatma Gandhi

Interesting fact about Tagore • First Non-European to Win a Nobel Literature Prize Rabindranath Tagore wasn’t just the first Asian to win a Nobel prize, but also the first Non- European to mark his prominence in literature.

• Tagore Inspired 3 • He Made a School From National Anthems His Nobel Prize Many people are aware that Tagore Tagore invested his Nobel Prize wrote 2 national anthems. “Jana money in constructing the “Visva- Gana Mana” for India and “Amar Bharati” school in Shantiniketan. The Sonar Bangla” for Bangladesh. What school ran on the Shantiniketan many people don’t know is that he Education System also inspired the Sri Lankan national anthem “Sri Lanka Matha”.

• Preface of Gitanjali is • Tagore was Colour Blind Written by W.B. Yeats • The preface of Tagore’s • His strange colour schemes most acclaimed work, and off-beat aesthetics Gitanjali, was written by made people realize that he another greatest poet of the was red-green colour blind. 20th century, W.B. Yeats.

• His Nobel Prize was • Tagore was Knighted Stolen Once • In 2004, Tagore’s Nobel Prize • King George V of England medal was stolen in a theft at knighted Rabindranath Tagore in Shantiniketan. The Swedish 1915 for his great contribution in Academy gave him the award the field of literature. However, again in the form of two following the tragic massacre at replicas, a gold and a silver. Jallianwala Bagh in 1919, he renounced his title.

Conclusion Through this digital album I have tried to document the life of Rabindranath Tagore , his contributions to the literary world and how he stands apart from all other writers. I hope this album will be helpful for High School students.



Reference ❖ https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1913/tagore/bio graphical/ ❖ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/rabindranath-tagore ❖ https://collegedunia.com/social/160-10-lesser-known-facts- about-rabindranath-tagore-which-show-his-prominence ❖ https://www.discoverwalks.com/blog/india/unbelievable- facts-about-rabindranath-tagore/ ❖ https://www.getlitt.co/blog/rabindranath-tagore-book-list/