Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) is a Bengali writer who reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as Indian art in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature for his celebrated work Gitanjali, famous for its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse'. The Golden Boat, Cabuliwalah, The Post Office and The Broken Nest are some of his notable works. This is an extract from his autobiographical work My Boyhood Days.

Rabindranath Tagore was the child of Debendranath Tagore, the individual who assumed an incredible part in affecting the Bengali Rennaisance. In like manner, Rabindranath Tagore assumed a critical part in finding Bengali Art, Literature, Music, and Theater. 

His compositions were chosen by two nations as national anthems: India's "Jana Gana Mana" and Bangladesh's "Amar Shonar Bangla". The Sri Lankan national anthem was inspired by his work.

Rabindranath Tagore is additionally credited with calling Gandhi Ji "Mahatma" interestingly. He was genuinely an individual with an outstanding mind. As per a legend, even on his passing bed, he was stressed over the sonnets in his brain which he was unable to compose.