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Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2026
May 9 , 2026
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- Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2026 was observed on May 7 to mark the 165th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore.
- This corresponds to the 25th day of Boishakh in the Bengali calendar (Pochishe Boishakh).
- It commemorates the birth of Rabindranath Tagore, who was born on May 7, 1861, in Calcutta, West Bengal.
- He was a poet, writer, philosopher, painter, musician, and educationist.
- He was the first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for Gitanjali.
- He composed over 2,000 songs known as Rabindra Sangeet and modernised Bengali literature and music.
- He wrote the national anthem of India, Jana Gana Mana, and also inspired the national anthem of Bangladesh.
- He founded Visva-Bharati University at Santiniketan in 1921 to promote holistic education and cultural learning.
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