The Home Minister paid tribute to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on his death anniversary.
About Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
- Early Life: Born in Calcutta as the youngest son of Debendranath Tagore (a leader of the Brahmo Samaj), he was primarily educated at home.
- Literary Legacy
- He published over fifty volumes of poetry, including Manasi (1890), Sonar Tari (1894), and his most acclaimed translated collection, Gitanjali: Song Offerings (1912).
- 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature: First Indian and non-European laureate; awarded for Gitanjali and its deeply sensitive, beautiful poetry.
- He wrote the national anthems of two countries: India ("Jana Gana Mana") and Bangladesh ("Amar Shonar Bangla").
- Social and Educational Work: He also founded an experimental school at Shantiniketan (UNESCO World Heritage Site).
- Nationalism & Knighthood: He was knighted by the British government in 1915 but returned it to protest against the Jalliawala Bagh Massacre (1919).
- Values: Humanism, patriotism, freedom of thought, love for nature, creativity, peace.
