Rabindra Nath Tagore fondly called 'Gurudev' is one of the great sons of India. He was a gifted genius in history. According to Mahatma Gandhi he was the greatest poet of Asia in twentieth century. Both as a poet and as a man Tagore earned a great fame and respect in the world. Rabindra Nath Tagore was born on May 6, 1861 in a Bengali family. His father Maharishi Devendra Nath Tagore was a zamindar. Being the fourteenth Child of his parents, young
Rabindra grew up under the care of the family's servants. He learnt Sanskrit, Grammar and Astronomy from his father. He studied English literature from his elder brother. Tagore started writing poems from a very early age. At the age of seventeen he went to England.
Tagore thought of starting a small experimental school, modeled on the ancient ideals of the Gurukula. So on December 22, 1901
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