why was Shantiniketan established and by whom??
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Shantiniketan is a famous university town in West Bengal. It is mainly known for the university set up by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, one of Bengal's greatest figures.
Shantiniketan also spelled Santiniketan, was previously called Bhubandanga (named after Bhuban Dakat, a local dacoit), and owned by the Tagore family. It is also a tourist attraction because Rabindranath wrote many of his literary classics (namely Tagore songs, poems, novels etc) here, and his house is a place of historical importance.
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Shantiniketan or Santiniketan is a neighbourhood in Bolpur city in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in West Bengal, India, approximately 165 km north of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). It was established by Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, and later expanded by his son Rabindranath Tagore whose vision became what is now a university town with the creation of the Visva-Bharati University.[1]
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Santiniketan was previously called Bhubandanga (named after Bhuban Sinha)
Rabindranath's father, Maharshi Debendrqanath Tagore, found it very peaceful and renamed it Shantiniketan, which means abode (niketan) of peace (shanti).
It was here that Rabindranath Tagore started , the school of his ideals, whose central premise was that learning in a natural environment would be more enjoyable and fruitful.he thought that the education should be provided in the nature so the students could understand the topic better. He was impressed by the peace and serenity of Shantiniketan. Tagore's vision was to establish an educational institution where humans exists in perfect harmony with nature.