1. Rabindranath Tagore- the Poet Laueate of India
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2. Tagore Family 2

3. EARLY YEARS Tagore received his education at home.
He was taught in Bengali, with English lessons in the afternoon.
He read the Bengali poets since his early age and himself began writing poetry himself by the age of eight.

4. YOUNG TAGORE
Born at JORASANKO to the illustrious Tagore Family on 7th May, 1861
Mother : Sarada Debi
Father : Maharshi Debendranath Tagore
Grandfather : Prince Dwarakanath Tagore
14th Child of his parents
First school : Oriental Seminary
Second school : Normal school
Third school : Bengal Academy
Fourth School : St Xavier’s school
Formal schooling was not liked by him at all—this dislike was the factor behind the foundation of his own system of schooling at Viswa- Bharati, Shantiniketan in his later years
Had informal but constructive training from his private tutors and elder siblings
Displayed his literary skills from a very young age
Wrote his first poem in 1877 under the pseudonym BHANUSINGHA
Was sent off for higher studies to England in Returned in1880 degreeless 4

5. In 1879, he enrolled at University College,
At age sixteen, he published his first substantial poetry
under the pseudonym Bhanushingho ("Sun Lion")
and wrote his first short stories and dramas
His father wanted him to become a barrister
and he was sent to England for this reason.
In 1879, he enrolled at University College,
at London, but was called back by his father to return to India in 1880.
W.B. Yeats wrote the introduction to Gitanjali which was internationally recognised as a great literary work
With Einstein who he met through a common friend, Dr. Mendel
W.B.Yeats

6. He read law at, but left school to explore Shakespeare and more
He read law at, but left school to explore Shakespeare and more.He returned degreeless to Bengal in On 9 December he married Mrinalini Devi; they had five children, two of whom died before reaching adulthood.
In 1890, Tagore began managing his family's vast estates in Shilaidaha, a region now in Bangladesh;

7. AFTER RETURN FROM ENGLAND
Most of his remarkable pieces of literature and songs were written here on the boat Padma, while travelling between the different parts of his Zamindari between Shilaidaha and Patisar
In addition to his natural skills as a man of letters, he also displayed remarkable ability as a benevolent administrator of his subjects
In 1901 he moved on to Shantiniketan where he founded the Brahmacharyashram for young boys and girls- the first open air school of its kind in India
KUTHIBARI AT SHILAIDAHA 7

8. SHANTINIKETAN the connecting thread between
India and the world and the
study of humanity beyond the
limits of nation and geography
resurrected his people by
the introduction of schools
As one of the earliest educators to think in terms of the global village, Rabindranath Tagore felt that a curriculum should  revolve organically
around nature with classes  held in the open air under the trees to provide for a spontaneous appreciation of the fluidity of the plant and animal kingdoms, and seasonal changes

9. As author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive,
fresh and beautiful verse", and as the first Asian
to win the Nobel Prize in Literature,
Tagore was perhaps the most widely
regarded Indian literary figure of all time.
In 1915 he was knighted by the British King George V.
Tagore was perhaps the only litterateur who
penned anthems of two countries:
India and Bangladesh:
Jana Gana Mana and Amar Shonar Bangla.
The Indian national anthem has been recognised
as the best in the world

10. On 14 July 1927, Tagore and two companions began a four-month tour of Southeast Asia, visiting Bali, Java, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, Penang, Siam, and Singapore.
Tagore's travelogues from the tour were collected into the work “Jatri ’’
TAGORE –
HOME &
THE WORLD
Such extensive travels allowed Tagore to interact with many notable contemporaries, including Henri Bergson, Albert Einstein, Robert Frost, Thomas Mann, George Bernard Shaw, H.G. Wells and Romain Rolland.

11. At age sixty ,Tagore took up drawing and painting; successful exhibitions of his many works— which made a debut appearance in Paris upon encouragement by artists he met in the south of France—were held throughout Europe.
Tagore also had an artist's eye for his own handwriting .His paintings were mostly done by embellishing the scribbles, cross-outs and his manuscripts had word layout with simple artistic form, including simple rhythmic designs.

12. Shesher Kobita, Char Odhay, Noukadubi. Ghare Baire Jogajog
Tagore wrote eight novels Chaturanga,
Shesher Kobita,
Char Odhay,
Noukadubi.
Ghare Baire
Jogajog
chokher bali
gora
Though his novels remain among the least-appreciated of his works, they have been given renewed attention via film adaptations by Satyajit Ray and others: Chokher Bali and Ghare Baire are exemplary. Their soundtracks often feature rabindrasŋgit.

13. He actively supported Mahatma Gandhi,
He believed that India
must earn her freedom
He actively supported Mahatma Gandhi,
Tagore wrote songs lionizing
the Indian independence
movement and renounced his
knighthood in protest against the
1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
Gandhi and the other founding leaders
of modern India were deeply influenced
by Rabindranath.
He wanted his country to be a place
Where the mind is without fear
   and the head is held high,

14. TAGORE-twilight years
Tagore suffered from multiple medical problems in the last four years of his life.
Following a surgery for his prostatic problems,he developed infections which ultimately led to his death on 7th August ,1941.
In his lifetime, in addition to his poems,he composed more than 2000 songs,8 novels,short stories, dance drama, musical drama, theatrical compositions, social and political essays.He also directed his Dance Drama Natir Puja as a film under New Theatres. 14

15. Convincingly, he was the Prophet of Peace
Rabindranath Tagore died on August 7, 1941
in the same house in which he was born at
Thakurbari in Jorasanko
Convincingly, he was the Prophet of Peace

16. Tagore's artistic corrections16