Short note on rabindranath tagore in english in 150 words
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Rabindranath Tagore was a great Indian poet and the youngest son of his parents. He was a leader of Brahmo Samaj in nineteenth-century, Bengal. He took his early education at home however higher education in England. He went to England at his seventeen for his formal schooling however could not complete. His interest and close touch with the common humanity draw his attention towards the country to do some social reforms. Then he started a school at Santiniketan where he followed the Upanishadic ideals of education. He also involved himself in the Indian nationalist movement and followed his own non-sentimental and visionary ways. Gandhi Ji was a devoted friend of him. His immense love towards the country was seen when he returned the honor given by British Government in 1915 as a protest against British policies in the country.
He was a good writer and get success in writing in his native Bengal. His continuous success in writing made him able to become a famous voice of India’s spiritual heritage. Some of his odd volumes of poetry are like Manasi, Sonar Tari, Gitanjali, Gitimalya, Balaka, etc. Besides poetries, he was also famous in writing dance dramas, musical dramas, essays, travel diaries, autobiographies, etc.
Born on May 7, 1861, at Jorasanko in Calcutta, Rabindranath Tagore was from a wealthy and cultured family. He began poem writing early in his childhood. He was a patriot, a philosopher, a poet, a novelist, a story writer, an educationist and a singer. However, among all this, he is best known for his occupation for being a poet. The “Amar Shonar Bangla”, “Geetanjali”, “Rabindra Sangeet” and “Ghare-Baire” are some of his important works. In 1902, he founded a University in India known as the Vishwabharati University at Santiniketan. Moreover, he composed “Jana Gana Mana”, the National Anthem of India. In the year 1913, he was bestowed with the Nobel Award in literature for his English translation of “Geetanjali". He had boundless affection for his nation and citizens. In the year 1919, Tagore refused “Knighthood”n a demonstration against Jallianwala Bagh massacre.