Rabindranath Tagore was born on 7 May 1861 in Kolkata, which was then part of the British Empire. He was an Indian Bengali Polymath. He was a popular poet, novelist, musician, and playwright who reshaped Bengali Literature and Music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Among his alter names are the Sobriquet "Gurudev" and his Pseudonym "Bhanusingho". Tagore was perhaps the most widely regarded Indian literary figure of all time. He was a mesmerizing representative of the Indian culture whose influence and popularity internationally perhaps could only be compared to that of Gandhi, whom Tagore named 'Mahatma' out of his deep admiration for him. Tagore was writing poems from the age of 8 and by the age of 16 he published his first substantial poetry.and wrote his first short stories and dramas in 1877. Tagore denounced the British Raj and supported independence. His efforts endure in his vast canon and in the institution he founded, Visva-Bharati University. His novels, stories, songs, dance-dramas, and essays spoke to political and personal topics. Gitanjali (Song Offerings), Gora (Fair-Faced), and Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World) are his best-known works, and his verse, short stories, and novels were acclaimed for their lyricism, colloquialism, naturalism, and contemplation. Tagore was perhaps the only litterateur who penned anthems of two countries: India and Bangladesh: Jana Gana Mana and Amar Sonar Bangla.He died on August 7, 1941 aged 80 in Kolkata.
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