2. INTRODUTION :
Rabindranath tagore ( 7 may 1861 -7 august
1941) sobriquet gurudev, was a Bengali person having wide
ranging knowledge who reshaped his region’s literature and
music. He was author of gittanaji he became the first non
european to win the nobel prize is literature in 1913 . Tagore
wrote poetry as an eight –year –old .
3. Continued
His novels,stories, songs, dance –
drames and essays spoke to topices
political and personal. His
compositions were chosen by two
nation as national anthems. The
republic of india’s jana gana mana
and bangladesh’s amar shonar
bangla.
4. family
Tagore was born in the jorasanko mansion in
calcutta, india on 7 of may 1861 as son of
debendranath tagore and sarada devi . Tagore
family patriachs were the brahmo . His mother
had died in his early child hood and his father
traveled widely tagore had three bothers a sister
who were dwijendranath satyendranth
jyothindranat swamakumari . In 1883 he married
mrinaline devi. They had five children , two of
whom died in childhood.
5. Class room schooling and preferred to room
here and there his athtutored him he
leared drawing anatomy , geography history
literature mathematics , sanskrit , and
english – his least favorite subject his father
tutored him history astronomy and sanskirt
he briely read law at university college
london , but again left school .
6. Known mostly for his poetry. Tagore wrote novels , essays
short stories , travelogues , dramas and thousand of songs .
Tagore had started to write in his early age of his works are
frequently noted for their rhythmic optimistic and lyrical
nature tagore had early success as a writter in his native
Bengal his poetry include mansai , sonar tari , gitanaji etc .
7. Tagore was a warded the nobel prize for literature for his
work gitanjiali in 1913 gitanjali is collection of 103 poems
originaly written in Bengali translated in english by him
self he translated gitanjali in 1912 . He was first indian
even first Asian to recive a noble prize .
8. At though tagore wrote successfully in all literary genres
he was first of all a poet among his fifty and odd volumes
of poetry some of them are :
• Manasi (1890) (the ideal one)
• Sonar tari (1894) (The golden boat)
• Gitanjali (1910 ) (Song offerings )
• Gitimalya (1914 ) (wealth of songs)
• Balaka (1916 ) (A fight of swans )
9. Art thou abroad on this a stormy night on thy journey of
love , my friend ?
The sky groans like one in despaid .
I have no sleep to night
Ever and again I open my door and look out on
The darkness , my friend .
I can see nothing before me .
I wonder where lies thy path !
10. Gitanjali a collection of poems , is considered his best
poetic accomplishment .
A proficient song writter tagore composed 2,230 songs
, which are often referred to as radindra sangeeth , he
also wrote the national authem for india jana gana mana
and for bangladesh aamaar sonar bangle.
11. • For his momentous and revolution ary merery works ,
tagore was honoured with the nodel prize in literature on
14 novemder 1913.
• He was also conferred knighthood in 1915, which he
renounced in 1919 after the jallianwallah bagh carnage .
12. • Education Women education :- he advocated woman
education .
• Education for masses (universal education )
• Vocational n
• Religious education