write short essay on Rabindranath Tagor
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Rabindranath Tagore is not only the poet of India but also one of the best poets in the world. He belonged to a very respectable family of Bengal. He was born on 7th May 1861 at Jorashanko, Kolkata. He was the youngest of the fourteen children in the Tagore Family. His father’s name was Maharishi Debendranath Tagore. His mother’s name was Sharada Devi. His father was fond of going to the Himalayas and Tagore must have imbibed a lot of spirituality from him.
Education
Rabindranath Tagore first took admission in the Oriental Seminary School. After Oriental Seminal School, he took admission in a normal school. He received elementary education at 2 schools in Kolkata after which he sailed for England in 1871 for higher education. He joined the University College of London (Britain).
Rabindranath Tagore’s family life was not very happy. Tagore was married in 1888 but his wife died in 1902. His father passed away in 1907. These feral events in his life made him religious and emotional.
Rabindra Nath Tagore, though most commonly known as a poet, is a versatile genius. He is many things rolled into one, being all at once a novelist, playwright, musician, painter, educationalist, statesman, actor, freedom fighter, and philosopher, besides being a poet.