The depth of this quote by Rabindranath Tagore depicts what a great thinker he was. We know Rabindranath Tagore as a poet and a laureate but he had many more titles under his name. He was also a philosopher, a writer, a dramatist, a composer, a painter, a novelist and an educationist!

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Rabindranath Tagore!

2. The First Indian to…
His great writings led him to achieve remarkable milestones in life.
Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize for
Literature! Being one of the most prized possessions, it was kept in
Shantiniketan’s University in a safety vault but it was stolen in the
year 2004. After the news broke out to the Swedish Academy, they
sent two replicas of the original Nobel Prize, one made of gold and
the other of bronze.
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3. National Anthem Writer of…
• Yes, Tagore wrote the national anthem of India ‘Jana Gana Mana’
along with that of Bangladesh ‘Amar Shonar Bangla’. But that’s not
where the list ends. Both these anthems sparked such a great spirit
of nationalism in the citizens of both India and Bangladesh that
Tagore’s writings inspired the national anthem of Sri Lanka as well.

4. When Tagore Met Einstein…
Tagore was a spiritual being. His spirituality is portrayed through all of
his writings, songs and thoughts. In 1930 took place the unimaginable
face-off between spirituality and science. Albert Einstein invited
Tagore to his residence to chat about God, Truth, Science and
Humanity. Their beliefs might have been two poles apart, but they
were both in awe of each other’s characters! Their conversation was
documented in the Note on the Nature of Reality which you and your
kids can read online!
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5. He Made Gandhi ‘Mahatma’…
• Rabindranath Tagore wanted to see India become independent of
the British Raj and supported Gandhi’s ideology of a free India. We
all know Gandhi as Mahatma and it is because of Tagore. He was
the first one to give him the title of Mahatma and since then it
became Gandhi’s identity.

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