Karishma Khan

Karishma Khan
Karishma Khan

Saturday 7 May 2011

Rabindranath Tagore - 150th Birth Anniversary





Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore the famous poet, philosopher, novelist, playwright, composer and a spiritual leader, was born on 7th May 1861 at Kolkata, India in a Bengali family. He was the son of Debendranath Tagore, the leader in the reform movement known as Brahmo Samaj and a key figure in Indian renaissance of 19th century.






Tagore's Geetanjali is best known collection of poetry. Tagore was the first honorable Asian to win Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his book 'Geetanjali'. Rabindranath Tagore has composed more than 2000 songs. He is the only person to write the national anthems of two countries - India's Jana Gana Mana and Bangladesh's Aamaar Sonaar Baanglaa. He also also fond of painting. An exhibition of Tagore's painting was arranged at many places like Paris, America, Europe, New York, London, etc. His paintings proved that though a poet was a master in using words effectively, certain things can be expressed more clearly in language of tone and color. At the age of 20 he wrote his first drama Valmiki Pratibha (Genius of Valmiki). 






Tagore greatly opposed imperialism. He wrote many songs praising independence movement of India. He also renounced the knighthood in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in 1919. It was Tagore who resolved the Gandhi - Ambedkar dispute involving separate electorates for untouchables and Gandhiji ended fast unto death. 



On 7th August 1941, Rabindranath Tagore died due to illness. The last person to see him was Amiya Kumar Sen. Tagore dictated his last poem to Sen which was then donated to a museum in Kolkata. Today also his death anniversary is mourned across whole India.

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