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