Q. The father of Rabindrabhanath Tagore was

A
Ratindranath
B
Dwarkanath
C
Avanindranath
D
Devendranath
Solution:

Rabindranath Tagore

  • Rabindrabhanath Tagore was born at Calcutta in West Bengal as the son of Mahrshi Devendranath Tagore and Sarada devi.
  • One of Rabindrabhanath Tagore’s brothers, Satyendranth Tagore was the first Indian to get selected for the ICS in 1864.
  • In 1901, Tagore established a school at Shanti Nikethan which finally devolped into the world famous University of ViswaBharthi in 1921.
  • In 1912 Tagore Published Jana Gana Mana ( Now India’s national anthem)
  • The national anthem is composed in the Raga,’Sankarabharanam”.
  • The English translation of the national anthem is ” The morning song of India”
  • In 1913,Tagore’s Gitanjali was selected for the Nobel Prize for liteature.
  • Tagore also wrote the national anthem of Bangladesh ‘ Amar Sonar Bengala ‘
  • In 1915, Tagore was awarded Knighthood by the British Monarch George V,but he surrenderd it in 1919 as a protest aganist the Jallianwallabagh Massacre.
  • ‘Jeevan Smiriti’ is the Autobiography of Tagore.
  • ‘Gora’,’Raja and Rani’,’Rajarishi’,’Kabooliwala’ etc are the famous novels of Tagore.
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