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Eager to become a lawyer, Tagore enrolled in a public school in Brighton, England in 1878. He studied law at University College, London, but returned to Bengal in 1880 without a diploma. On December 9, 1883, he married Mrinalini Devi (born Bhabatarini, 1873-1902), and they have five children, two of whom later died before reaching adulthood. In 1890, Tagore began managing his family and inheritance Shilaidaha, a region now in Bangladesh, he was joined by his wife and children in 1898. Known as "Babu Zamindar," Tagore has travelled the vast area while living outside the family luxury barge, the Padma, collecting (largely symbolic) rents and bless villagers, in turn, the villagers appreciate held celebrations in his honour. These years, which consists Tagore's Sadhana period (1891-1895; named for one of the magazines Tagore), have been among its most prolific. More than half the stories of three volumes and ninety-four floors Galpaguchchha writing. With irony and emotional weight, they portrayed a wide range of lifestyles Bengali, especially the life of the village.



Life at Santiniketan (1901–1932)

In 1901, Tagore Shilaidaha left and moved to Santiniketan (West Bengal) to found an Ashram, which is expected to grow at a marble floor, prayer hall ( "The Mandir"), an experimental school, the groves of trees, gardens and a library. There, Tagore's wife and two of his children died. His father died Jan. 19, 1905, and he began receiving monthly payments as part of his legacy. He earned an additional income of the Maharaja of Tripura, sales of jewellery from his family, his bungalow beach in Puri, mediocre and charges (Rs 2000) from his works. These works earned him a large following among Bengali and foreign readers, and has published such works as Naivedya (1901) and Kheya (1906) on the translation of his poems in free verse. On November 14, 1913, Tagore learned he had won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. According to the Swedish Academy, it was given because of the idealism and the West-readers accessible nature of a small body of the translated material, including 1912 Gitanjali: Song Offerings. In 1915, Tagore has also agreed to a knight of the British Crown. In 1921, Tagore and agricultural economist Leonard Elmhirst created the Institute for Rural Reconstruction (which Tagore Shriniketan-later renamed "Abode of Wealth") in Surul, a village close to the ashram, Santiniketan. Thanks to her, Tagore has sought to provide an alternative to the Gandhi-symbol of protest and based Swaraj movement, which he denounced. He recruited researchers, donors and representatives of many countries to help the Institute use in schools "free [s] of the village yoke of helplessness and ignorance" by "invigorating the knowledge. "At the beginning of 1930, he has also grown more concerned about India" abnormal caste consciousness "and untouchability, lectures on the evils, wrote poetry and plays with untouchable players, and appealing to authorities at the Guruvayoor temple to admit Dalits.

(1932–1941) Twilight years

In his last decade, Tagore stayed in the public eye, for upbraiding Gandhi publicly stating that a huge earthquake on January 15, 1934 in Bihar was divine retribution for the subjugation of the Dalits. He also deplored the decline in socio-economic burgeoning of Bengal and the endemic poverty of Calcutta, he detailed the second in a row hundred unrhymed poem whose technique of double-searing vision does foreshadow the film Satyajit Ray Apur Sansar. Tagore has also compiled fifteen volumes of writings, including works of prose, poems Punashcha (1932), Shes Saptak (1935), and Patraput (1936). He continued his experiments in developing prose-songs and dances, plays, including Chitrangada (1914), Shyama (1939), and Chandalika (1938), and has written novels Dui Bon (1933), Malancha (1934), and Char Adhyay (1934). Tagore took an interest in science in recent years, writing Visva-Parichay (a collection of essays) in 1937. His exploration of biology, physics, astronomy and influenced his poetry, which often contain large naturalism stressed that his respect for the laws of science. He also is responsible for forging the process of science (including stories of scientists) in many stories contained in these volumes Se (1937), Tin Sangi (1940), and Galpasalpa (1941).

santiniketan tourism

(Santiniketan is a small town near Bolpur in Birbhum district of West Bengal, India, about 180 km north of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). It was made famous by the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, whose vision became what is now a university town (Visva-Bharati University), which attracts thousands of visitors every year. Santiniketan is also a tourist attraction because Rabindranath wrote several of its literary classics here, and her home is a place of historical significance.

Santiniketan was formerly called Bhubandanga (named after Bhuban Dakat, a dacoit local), and belonging to the family Tagore. The father of Rabindranath, Maharshi Debendranath Tagore, was very calm and renamed Santiniketan, which means home (niketan) of Peace (shanti). This is where Rabindranath Tagore started Patha Bhavana, the school of its ideals, whose central premise is that learning in a natural environment would be more pleasant and fruitful. After receiving the Nobel Prize (1913), the school was expanded at a university. Many world-renowned teachers have become involved. Indira Gandhi, Satyajit Ray and Amartya Sen are among his most famous students,


Kala Bhavan College of Art is at Santiniketan, is still regarded as one of the best art schools in the world. Other institutions include Vidya Bhavana here, the Institute of Humanities, Shiksha Bhavana, of the Institute for Science, Sangit Bhavana; Institute of dance, theatre and music, Vinaya Bhavana, Institute of Education, Rabindra Bhavana , Institute of Studies and Research Tagore, Palli - Samgathana Vibhaga; Institute of Rural Reconstruction, and Palli Shiksha Bhavana; Institute of Agricultural Sciences. There are also other centers affiliated with major institutions such as Nippon Bhavana, the Indira Gandhi Centre for National Integration, Rural Extension Centre, Silpa Sadana, Centre for Rural Craft, technology and design, Palli-Charcha Kendra; Centre for Social Studies and Rural Development, Center for Biotechnology, Mathematics Center, Center for Environmental Studies, Computing Centre and the Indira Gandhi Centre for National Integration. As Patha-Bhavana, there are two schools from kindergarten to higher education; Mrinalini Ananda Pathsala, Santosh Pathsala, a school for primary and secondary education known as Shiksha Satra, and a school of secondary education, known as the name of Uttar-Shiksha Sadana.

Santiniketan is also home to Amartya Sen, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in economics.)

 
 
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