Rabindranath Tagore
Noun
Meaning
Indian writer and philosopher whose poetry (based on traditional Hindu themes) pioneered the use of colloquial Bengali (1861-1941)
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Basu Majumdar, A. K. (1993), Rabindranath Tagore: The Poet of India, Indus Publishing, ISBN 8185182922, p. 83: "When Gandhi returned to India, Rabindranath's eldest brother Dwijendranath, was perhaps the first to address him as Mahatma.
Electoral politics Jawaharlal Nehru and Rabindranath Tagore Nehru visit to Europe in 1936 proved to be the watershed in his political and economic thinking.
In 1961, for commemorating Rabindranath Tagore 's birth centenary, Gramophone company of India featured Rabindrasangeet by Hemanta in a large portion of its commemorative output.
In India, Rabindranath Tagore published short stories, on the lives of the poor and oppressed such as peasants, women and villagers under colonial misrule and exploitation.
Often, though, he refused to discuss philosophy, and would insist on giving the meetings over to reciting the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore with his chair turned to the wall.
Rabindranath Tagore was a towering figure in Indian music.