- Born
- Died
- Nicknames
- Kaviguru
- Gurudev
- Rabi Thakur
- Vishwa Kavi
- Rabindranath Tagore was born on May 6, 1861 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]. He was a writer and composer, known for Song of the Body, Streer Patra (1972) and Natir Puja (1932). He was married to Mrinalini Devi. He died on August 7, 1941 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India].
- SpouseMrinalini Devi(1883 - 1902) (her death, 5 children)
- The only person to compose the national anthems of two countries (India and Bangladesh).
- Was the first person to win the Nobel Prize for Literature whose main work was composed in a non-European language (Bengali).
- Knighted in 1915.
- Surrendered the knighthood in 1919 as a protest against the Amritsar Massacre by British troops in India.
- Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.
- You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
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