Biography of Rabindranath Tagore

Biography of Rabindranath Tagore


Introduction:

Rabindranath Tagore is one of the rare writers whose literature and personality have a wonderful balance. The ability to give his imagination an infinite avatar in all walks of life was a special feature of Rabindranath Tagore.

Rabindranath Tagore, a world-renowned poet, litterateur, philosopher and Nobel laureate in the field of literature, was a new man in Indian cultural consciousness through Bangla literature. He is the first Nobel laureate in Asia. He is the only poet whose compositions in two countries are sung even today as a national anthem. India's national anthem "Jana Gana Mana" and Bangladesh's national anthem "Amar Sonar Bangla" are compositions of Gurudev itself.

Childhood and Education:

Rabindranath Tagore, a great thinker, philosopher was a rich personality of prodigious genius who was born on 7 May 1861 in Thakurbari, Kolkata, in Addasako, Kolkata. His father's name was Maharshi Debendranath Tagore, a senior leader of the Brahma society.

The head of the Tagore family and father of Rabindra Nath Tagore was a very honest, reconciled and social living person. At the same time, his mother's name was Shardadevi, who was an ordinary household woman. Let us tell you that Rabindra Nath Tagore was the youngest son of his parents.

Rabindra Nath Tagore was a person of versatility since childhood. He took his early education first at home and later he took his education from a famous school in Kolkata, St. Xavier.

His father was a philanthropist and he was always engaged in the service of the society and he wanted to make his son Rabindranath also a barrister. For this, Rabindraji's father got him admitted to a university in London where he studied law, but Rabindraji was always interested in literature, so he returned to India without getting a degree.

In fact, since childhood, Rabindraji's mind was used to write stories and poems, that is, he loved to put his feelings on paper. This is the reason why literary talent was also developing in them soon. Therefore, later he has made a distinct identity as a great poet, thinker and writer.

Literacy Works:

In 1890, he started maintaining his ancestral property land in Shelahada (now in Bangladesh) as a zamindar. In the midst of the work, Tagore wrote a poem titled Mansi, which is considered one of his masterpieces. At the same time, he met Baul Lalon Shah, whose folk songs were very much influenced by him and he started working to increase the popularity of his songs.

During 1891-95, Tagore published a magazine called Sadhana. In which he promoted literary expansion through his 84 stories.

Despite so much suffering, he wrote Kalajayi Geetanjali and Naivedya. The world could not stop himself from giving Noble Prize to them after reading. In November 1913, he was given the award for Gitanjali in the literature category. In this way he became the first person from Asia to win the Nobel Prize.

After this, there was a shower of awards on him. Meanwhile, he was conferred the title of KnightHood by King George V of England at a birthday celebration in 1915. Which he returned in 1919 in protest against the Jallianwala massacre.

Tagore as a Song Writer:

Most of Tagore's poems, stories, songs and novels were about social evils going on during those times like child marriage and dowry. But the songs written by him were also very popular, his songs were called 'Ravindra Sangeet'. It will be known to all that the national anthem of our country - 'Jana Gana Mana' has been composed by them. Apart from this, he also composed Bangladeshi national song 'Amar Sonar Bangla'. Which was very famous during the partition of Bengal.

Santiniketan Established:

Rabindranath Tagore was a person who never stopped and relied on continuous work. He did many such things in his life which not only benefited many people but he is still remembered for his works.
Nature lover Rabindra Nath Tagore established an experimental school in Santiniketan in the rural area of ​​West Bengal in the year 1901 where he made a wonderful effort to mix India and Western traditions.

After this, he started living permanently in the school itself and in 1921, Santiniketan became the Vishwa Bharati University. Government policies regarding Shanti Niketan were heavily condemned, after which the government assistance has stopped, not only this, the name of Shanti Niketan has been put in the blacklist of the police, along with the parents of the students studying there. Threatening letters were sent to. The British media never praised Tagore and sometimes criticized him sharply.

Political View of Rabindranath Tagore:
As far as the National Freedom Movement was concerned, Ravindra Nath Tagore was present in a state of crisis for the nationalists. Ravindra Nath Tagore opposed British imperialism - even returning his title of 'knighthood' in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. He was a revolution, armed or against other things. Ravindra Nath Tagore was also seen as a political inclination to elevate India from social deficiencies to colonization. 
Ravindra Nath Tagore kept internal reform as the sole objective and emphasized education as the best solution to India's problems.Such ideas were not really given much importance and even once they narrowly avoided being killed by anyone. Ravindra Nath Tagore played a pivotal role as a peace-loving person in easing the crisis by removing the barrier between Gandhi and Ambedkar in a special situation for the untouchables.
Ravindra Nath Tagore was full of patriotism and resilience, in his historical songs "Chitto Jetha Bhayashunya" and "Ekla Chalo Re" Have you seen.

Death:

The last four years of his life were spent with pain due to illness. Due to which he went into coma in the year 1937. He remained in a coma for 3 years. He died on August 7, 1941 after an extended period of this agony. He died at the Jorasanko mansion where he was brought.

Conclusion:

Rabindranath Tagore influenced the entire generation of writers worldwide. The impact of his work was not only in Bengal and India, but it was spread far and wide. Therefore, his works were also translated into English, Dutch, German, Spanish, etc. languages.



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