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Why Rabindranath Tagore is famous?
Tagore is best known as a poet and in 1913 was the first non-European writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Highly prolific, Tagore was also a composer and wrote the national anthems for both India and Bangladesh, as well as an educator, social reformer, philosopher and painter.
Who was Rabindranath Tagore in short?
Rabindranath Tagore (May 7, 1861 – August 7, 1941), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo (syncretic Hindu monotheist) philosopher, visual artist, playwright, composer, and novelist whose avant-garde works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Was Rabindranath Tagore rich?
He was born in a rich Brahmin family in Kolkata (Calcutta) and was the youngest sibling in his family.
Did Rabindranath drink alcohol?
Did Rabindranath Tagore drink alcohol? Yes, other than indulging in some Bengali and western delicacies for lunch and dinner, Rabindranath Tagore had a penchant for Sanatogen. Sanatogen, popularly known as Horlicks, is a milk concentration that he drank almost everyday without fail.
Did Rabindranath go to school?
Presidency University
St. Xavier’s College, KolkataUCL Faculty of Laws
Rabindranath Tagore/Education
Was Tagore a vegetarian?
Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore who reshaped Bengali literature and music was a vegetarian till the end of his life.
What did Rabindranath Tagore eat?
Tagore loved pies, patties, roasts, and kebabs; chicken and mutton pies; prawn and ham patties; lamb and chicken roasted with breadcrumbs; prawn cutlets, and roasted mutton with pineapple. The exotic kababs that had charmed him are Surti Meetha Kebab, Hindusthani Turkish Kebab and Chicken Kebab nosi.
What is Rabindranath Tagore’s educational philosophy?
principles of Tagore’s educational philosophy are (1) Freedom; (2) Active. communication with Nature and man; (3) Creative self-expression. Tagore felt. that education divorced from the streams of life and confined within four walls.