Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, philosopher, artist, and composer who was the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. He wrote many poems, stories, novels, and plays and composed music and songs. Tagore played a crucial role in India's cultural renaissance in the 19th-early 20th century. He is known for writing the national anthems of India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh and for founding Shantiniketan university in West Bengal.

1. RABINDRANATH TAGORE
Indian National poet
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2. Rabindranath Tagore 7 May
1861 – 7 August 1941) was a
Bengali poet of India. He was
also a philosopher and an
artist. He wrote many stories,
novels and dramas, as well as
composing music and many
songs.
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3. BIOGRAPHY
Rabindranath Tagore was Asia’s first Nobel Prize winner. He was
awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913 for his book
Gitanjali. Although most famed for his poetry, Tagore was a creative
genius who played a crucial role in the cultural renaissance of India
and Bengal in the 19th and early 20th Century. As well as being a Seer
poet Tagore’s achievements included notable contributions in the
fields of music, literature, plays, art and education reformer.
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4. His writings greatly
influenced Bengali culture
during the late 19th
century and early 20th
century. In 1913, he won
the Nobel Prize in
Literature, the first Asian
to win this prize. He was
popularly known as
Gurudev.
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5. BOOKS
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6. ANTHEMS
Tagore is the only person to have written anthems for three
countries.
 Jana Gana Mana, the national anthem of India.
 Sri Lanka Matha, the national anthem of Sri Lanka
 Amar Shonar Bangla, the national anthem of Bangladesh.
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7. FREEDOM FIGHTER AND PATRIOT
He participated in the Indian nationalist movement,
though in his own non-sentimental and visionary way;
and Gandhi, the political father of modern India, was his
devoted friend. Tagore was knighted by the ruling British
Government in 1915, but within a few years he resigned
the honour as a protest against British policies in India.
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8.  The Banyan Tree
 My Song
 On the Nature of
Love
 On The Seashore
 Superior
 Sympathy
 The Child Angel
 The End
 The First Jasmines
 The Gardener
 The Gift
 The Home
 Ungrateful Sorrow
SELECTED POEMS
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9. Love, Truth, Creation The flower
which is single need not envy the
thorns that are numerous.
Rabindranath Tagore
Faith is the bird that feels the
light when the dawn is still
dark.
Rabindranath Tagore
Love does not claim possession,
but gives freedom.
Rabindranath Tagore
We come nearest to the great
when we are great in humility.
Rabindranath Tagore
QUOTES
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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

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