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Along with eminent Western educators India produced a number of master minds during the last one century, Notable among these are Swami Dayananda, Annie Besant, Aurobindo Ghosh, Madan Mohan Malvia, Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore, Mahatma Gandhi, Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Acharya Vinoba Bhave and Dr. Zakir Hussain.
They not only give us theories of education, based on all that is essential in our civilization and culture, but also their scheme in actual practice. Among all these educationists, we have a few educationists for discussion, namely Rabindranath Tagore, Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Dayananda and Swami Vivekananda. In the present chapter, we will discuss the contribution of Tagore to educational theory and practice. The contributions of Mahatma Gandhi and Swami Vivekananda will be discussed in the subsequent chapters.
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), born in a family of Brahmo Samajists, received his early education at home, and went to England to study law, but returned without pursuing the study of law.
As a prolific writer, he wrote poems,plays, novels, essays and short stories. He was great musical composer and ‘director of stage production’. He was great artist, and he founded his own school of art and music. He was well-versed in Sanskrit literature and Indian philosophy, religion and culture. He was a Rishi, a Saint and a Guru, Gurudev, as he was called, was a prophet and an educationist. Vishwabharati stands as his highest contribution to mankind.
Good morning everyone, I am glad to give a speech on this auspicious day my topic is Rabindranath Tagore. Rabindranath Tagore was a great Indian poet. He was born on 7th May in 1861 at Jorasanka, Kolkata. He was born in the rich and cultural family, his parents were Maharishi Debendranath and Sharda Devi. He was very much interested in writing a poem from an early age when he was just 14 years old he began writing poems at that his mother died in 1875.
He took his early education at home the private teachers were there to educate him, he never attended the school, however, he went to England for higher studies. He went to England in 1878 to study law and he returned without completing the studies. And started his career as a poet and writer.
He translated his work Geetanjali into English during the time when he was in England. He was awarded the Nobel prize for literature within the year his Geetanjali was published. He has mentioned the mysticism and sentimental beauty of Indian culture in his writing for which a non-westerner was honored with prestigious award first time.
Together with being a renowned poet, he was also a genius, writer, novelist, visual artist, composer, playwright, and philosopher. He was having a good command of many languages, he can write poetry and stories. He was a good philosopher through which he has influenced a huge range of Indian people during the freedom struggle.
It is an unforgettable contribution towards the Indian Literature the two songs from his Rabindrasangeet were more famous as they are the national anthem of two countries such as “Amar Shonary Bangla” (national anthem of Bangladesh) and “Jana Gana Mana” (national anthem of India). His great writings in the form of poems or stories are unchallenged even today. Perhaps he was the first who filled the gap between the west and east through his effective writings.