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Chronology - Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)

Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, mystic, painter and Nobel laureate for literature is among the leading personalities of Modern India. He was awarded the Nobel prize in Literature for his collection of well known poems Gitanjali.

7 May 1861 
    Born in Calcutta, India
1868 
    Wrote his first poem when he was just 7 years
1878 
    Tagore's first book of poetries appeared
1878 
    Went to England for higher studies
1879 
    Came back to India
1883 
    Got married to Mrinalini Devi
1890 
    Manasi, a collection of Tagore's poems were published
1890 
    Settled at Shilaidaha in Kushthia (now in Bangladesh)
22 Dec 1901 
    Founded school at Shanti Niketan
1902-1907 
    Rabindranath's wife, father, daughter Renuka and son Samindra died
1905 
    Bengal was partitioned, Rabindranath was gripped by fever of Nationalism
1910 
    He got married his son to a young widow Pratima Devi. He was a staunch supporter of widow remarriage
1910 
    Wrote Gitanjali in Bengali
1911 
    Wrote Jana Gana Mana which later became our National Anthem
1912 
    Gitanjali was published in English
1913 
    Awarded Nobel prize in literature
1915 
    Knighted by the British king George
1919 
    Renounced his knighthood following Jallianwala massacre incident
1924 
    Tagore opened Vishva Bharati University at Shanti Niketan
1929 
    Tagore began painting
1939 
    Tagore asked Gandhiji to lift the ban on Subhash Chandra Bose and have his cooperation cordially invited in the "supreme interest of national unity"
7 Aug 1941 
    Rabindranath Tagore died in Calcutta, India

Poems and Books of Rabindranath Tagore

  • Manasi 1890
  • Sonar Tari (Golden Boat) 1893
  • The Evening Songs
  • The Morning Songs
  • Kadi O Komal (1896)
  • Gitanjali (1910)
  • Where the mind is without fear
  • The Cresent Moon
  • The Gardener
  • Stray Birds
  • Fruit-Gathering
  • Lover's Gift
  • Crossing
  • Karna and Kunti
  • Sacrifice
  • Chaitali (Late Harvest) 1896
  • Kalpana (Dreams) 1900
  • Ksanika (1900)
  • Naivedya (Offerings) 1901

Tagore's famous novels are:

  • Gora
  • The Wreck
  • Raja Aur Rani
  • Muktdhara
  • Raj Rishi
  • Ghar Baire
  • Nauka Dubi
  • Bindoni

Tagore's famous two stories are:

  • Kabuli Wallah
  • Kshidit Pashan
Chaitrangada (1892) and Malini (1895) were Tagore's lyrical plays.

    Links to poems:

    Gitanjali | Where the mind is without fear