In 1930, Tagore lectured against 'abnormal caste consciousness' and 'untouchability'. Tagore started receiving donations from Indians and around the world to free the Indian villages from the shackles of helplessness and ignorance by strengthening their knowledge. In 1921, Tagore along with Leonard Elmhirst (agricultural economist), set up the 'Institute for Rural Reconstruction' which was later renamed 'Shriniketan' in Surul. Syed Abdul Majid was the president and chairman of Anjuman-e-Islamia. In 1919, Rabindranath Tagore was invited by Syed Abdul Majid (also known as Kaptan Miah) to visit Sylhet, where over 5000 people gathered. King George V awarded Tagore with 1915 Birthday Honours which the later abandoned after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919 and wrote a letter for the same to Lord Chelmsford, the then British Viceroy of India. In 1913, Tagore won Nobel Prize in Literature. In 1901, Tagore published 'Naivedya' and in 1906, he published 'Kheya'. Tagore received monthly payments from Maharaja of Tripura (as part of his inheritance), sales of his family's jewellery, his seaside bungalow in Puri, and a derisory 2,000 rupees in book royalties. Tagore's wife and 2 children died at Santiniketan and Tagore lost his father in 1905. In 1901, Rabindranath Tagore moved to Santiniketan where he found 'The Mandir' which was an experimental school having trees, gardens and a library. During 1891-1895, Tagore wrote more than half of the stories of 'Galpaguchchha'. In 1890, Tagore released one of his best poems 'Manasi'. In 1890, Tagore started managing his ancestral estates in Shelaidaha (present-day in Bangladesh) and his wife joined him in 1898 with their children. In 1883, Tagore married Mrinalini Devi (who was 10 years old at that time) and the couple had 5 children (2 died in early childhood). Rabindranath Tagore: Personal Life and Notable Works Rabindranath Tagore took his last breath in the mansion he was brought up. After years of chronic pain and long term illness, Tagore died on August 7, 1941, at the age of 80 years. In 1940, Tagore again went into a coma and never recovered. In late 1937, Rabindranath Tagore began losing consciousness and remained in a coma for a long period. Although he didn't receive any recognition at the national level but became famous in Bengal. In 1880, Tagore returned to Bengal without any degree and started publishing poems, stories and novels. He read Shakespeare's plays Coriolanus, and Antony and Cleopatra and the Religio Medici of Thomas Browne which highly impressed him. Tagore read law at University College, London, but opted out again to study independently. In 1878, Rabindra Nath Tagore enrolled himself at a public school in England because his father wanted him to be a barrister. In 1882, Tagore made his debut with a short story in Bengali 'Bhikarini'. Tagore was highly influenced by the Gurbani and Nanak Bani which were sung at Golden Temple, Amritsar. Rabindranath Tagore visited his father's Santiniketan estate and stayed in Amritsar for a month before reaching the Himalayan hill station of Dalhousie where Tagore read biographies, studied history, astronomy, modern science, Sanskrit, and examined the classical poetry of 'Kalidasa'. At the age of 11 after his Janeu, Tagore toured India with his father. Rabindranath's brother Hemendranath taught him anatomy, geography and history, literature, mathematics, Sanskrit, and English. His brother, Jyotirindranath, was a musician, composer, and playwright while his sister Swarnakumari was a novelist. Tagore's other brother Satyendranath was the first Indian to be appointed in the Indian Civil Service. Dwijendranath, Rabindranath Tagore's oldest brother, was a philosopher and poet. Therefore, Tagore was raised by servants. Tagore's mother Sarada Devi died when he was a child and his father Debendranath Tagore travelled a lot. Rabindranath Tagore was born as Robindronath Thakur on May 7, 1861, to Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India(present-day Kolkata, West Bengal, India). Karl Marx Biography: Early Life, Family, Education, Philosophies, Das Capital, Famous Quotes and Death Rabindranath Tagore: Birth, Early Life, Family and Education Today is Rabindranath Tagore's 159th Jayanti or Birth Anniversary. Rabindranath Tagore was also referred to as 'the Bard of Bengal'. In 1913, Rabindranath Tagore was the first non-European to win Nobel Prize in Literature. Rabindranath Tagore was a poet, musician, polymath, Ayurveda-researcher and artist who recast music, Bengali literature and Indian art in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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