Name: Rabindranath Tagore
Father: Debendranath Tagore
Mother: Saradadevi
Date of Birth: 7th May 1861
Date of Death: 7th August 1941 (at the age of 80 years)
Studied at:
- St. Xavier’s Collegiate School,
- University of Calcutta,University College London
Occupation:
Bengali/English
- Poet,
- Short-story writer,
- Song composer,
- Novelist,
- Playwright,
- Essayist
And a Painter
Award:
Nobel Prize in Literature-1913
Famous For:
- Author of the Indian National Anthem- “Jana Gana Mana” and
- Author of Bangladesh’s National Anthem- “Amar Shonar Bangla”.
Quote:
“It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple”- Rabindranath Tagore
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