Tagore began studying the works of Shakespeare in his college years and in when he returned to Bengal without a degree, he was inspired to produce his own literary works by fusing the elements of Bengali and European traditions. In , one of his most acclaimed poems titled Nirjharer Swapnabhanga was published.
He is also credited with writing several volumes of short stories, and novels including works such as Gora, Ghare-Baire and Yogayog. In remembrance and reverence for the polymath that Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore was, cultural programmes and events are held during the course of the day. These include the life and works of Tagore, singing Rabindra sangeet songs composed by Tagore, which many singers have also sung their own renditions of , dances, drama, writing, poetry recitation and others.
As per a PTI report, the West Bengal government has decided to celebrate the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore on Friday in a less colourful manner, a senior government official said, amid the ongoing lockdown to fight COVID The chief minister will only garland the statue of Tagore. On Rabindranath Tagore th birth anniversary, also known as Pochishe Boishakh , here are a few lesser-known facts about Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore :.
He was bestowed with this coveted honour after the publication of his acclaimed collection of poems, Geetanjali. According to some historians, however, the Sri Lankan national anthem too was based on a Bengali song originally written by Tagore in It was translated into Sinhalese and adopted as the national anthem in Although Tagore is said to have admired Gandhi, he differed with him on certain issues.
Tagore gave Rothenstein the translations of his own songs, including the Gitanjali, when the latter travelled to London in Their family published literary magazines; theatre and recitals of Bengali and Western classical music featured regularly. It was for the beautifully written Gitanjali. Also, the Sri Lankan national anthem was inspired by his work. Tagore had a unique vision for school training which he conceptualized and named the school Visva-Bharati. Tagore employed a brahmacharya system: gurus gave pupils personal guidance—emotional, intellectual, and spiritual.
Teaching was often done under trees. He staffed the school, contributed his Nobel Prize monies, and his duties as steward-mentor at Santiniketan kept him busy: mornings he taught classes; afternoons and evenings he wrote the students' textbooks. He fundraised widely for the school in Europe and the United States between and Tagore's Nobel Prize was stolen from the safety vault of the Visva-Bharati University, along with several other of his belongings on March 25, However, on December 7, , the Swedish Academy decided to present two replicas of Tagore's Nobel Prize, one made of gold and the other made of bronze, to the Visva-Bharati University.
It inspired the fictional film Nobel Chor. In , King George V awarded Tagore a knighthood, which he renounced four years later because of the Amritsar massacre. Although Tagore is most famous as a poet, he also wrote novels, essays, plays, travelogues and short stories. Short stories are probably the most highly regarded of all his prose; he is widely credited as the father of the Bengali version of the genre.
Tagore also wrote music and songs, as well as created about artworks, mostly in ink and watercolor. It is a public holiday in the state of West Bengal, and for the Bengali diaspora, it is a celebration of their national and cultural identity.
In early May, residents of the Indian state of West Bengal and Bengalis across the world celebrate the birthday of Rabindranath Tagore , an acclaimed Indian author, musician, composer and artist, who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art.
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