Rabindranath Tagore was a famous Indian writer who lived from 1861 to 1941. He published his first works as a teenager and gained popularity among Bengali readers for his poems, stories, and plays. In 1901, he established a school called Shantiniketan. He traveled to England in 1912 and introduced his translated works to writers like William Butler Yeats. Tagore was critical of some nationalist movements but supported independence. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. Some of his most famous works included Gitanjali, Jana Gana Mana, and Aamaar Sonaar Banglaa.

1. Indian English Literature – (Pre-
Independence)
Rabindranath Tagore :Nation’s Fame
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2. • Rabindranath Tagore born
on 7th may at Kolkata
• At the age of 16 he
published his first
substantial poetry under
Bhanushingho (sun lion)
and wrote his first book of
short stories and drama.
In 1879 he enrolled at
University College
London.
1861-1941
Early life

3. Fame & International
Recognition
• In 1901 he moved to Shantiniketan
where he composed ‘Naivedya’ and
'kheya’ .By then he gained immense
popularity among Bengali readers.
• In 1912 he went to England and toom a
shef of his translated works with
him.There he introduced his works to
some of the prominent writers including
william buttler yeats,Ezra pound,Rbert
Bridges.

4. Political Opinion
• He criticized Swadeshi movement by Mahatma Gandhi
in his essay The Cult of the Chakra.He believed in the
coexistence of the British and Indians and stated that
British rule in India was political symptom.
• He supported the Indian independence movement and
following Jallianwala Bagh massacre,he even renounced
his Knighthood on 30 may 1919
• On the whole ,his vision of a free India was based not on
its independence from the foreign rule,but on liberty of
thought,action and conscience of its citizens.

5. Major works • Gitanjali
• Jana Gana Mana
• Aamaar Sonaar Banglaa
• Sonar Tari (The Golden Boat)
• Manasi (The Ideal One)
• Gitimalya (wreath of songs)
• Balaka (A Flight of Swans)
• Ghare Daire (The Hone and
The World)
• Guru

6. Awards & Achievements
• For his momentous and literary works,Tagore
was honored with the Noble prize in literature
on14 November 1913.
• He was also conferred Knighthood in
1915,which he renounced in 1919 after the
Jallianwala Bagh carnage.
• In 1940, Oxford University awarded him with
a Doctorate of Literature in a special
ceremony arranged at Shantiniketan.

7. His philosophy
• As a Vedantist
• As an Individualist
• As a Naturalist
• As an Idealisti
• As an spiritualist
• As an Humanist
• Tagore’s Internationalism : He was an
ardent prophet of world unity.He believed
in world brotherhood.

8. Edward John, Rabindranath
Tagore : Poet and Dramatist. –
London : Oxford University
Press, 1948
Rothenstein, William, Six
Portraits of Rabindranath
Tagore. – London, 1915
Ghose, Sisirkumar, The Later
Poems of Tagore. – London,
1961
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