Thursday, October 11, 2012

Fw: Quick Facts and Complete Works of Tagore

 
 
From: DCW Behala
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 12:15 PM
Subject: Quick Facts and Complete Works of Tagore
 

Quick Facts

 

Born May 6, 1861 in Kolkata (25 day of Baishakh)

 

1901 Founded Santiniketan school to protest existing system of education in the country.

 

1912 Earns worldwide recognition with English version of Gitanjali.

 

1913 Wins Nobel Prize for Literature, the first Asian awarded this honor. This was the best achievement he had in his life.

 

1919 After Amritsar Massacre, renounces British knighthood given to him in 1915

 

1941 Dies Aug. 7 at Santiniketan in Bengal.

 

 

Complete Works:

 

http://tagoreweb.in

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