UNKNOWN FACTS ABOUT RABINDRANATH TAGORE

1st Non-European to win a NOBEL LITERATURE Prize :

Rabindranath Tagore wasn't just the 1st Asian to win a Nobel prize, but also the 1st Non-European to mark his presence in literature

Tagore Inspired 3 National Anthems :

Many people are aware that Tagore wrote 2 National anthems. ''Jana Gana Mana'' for India and "Amar Sonar Bangla" for Bangladesh. What many people don't know is that he also Inspired the Srilankan National Anthem "Srilanka Matha" some even hold a view that Tagore composed the anthem in its entirely.

He made a School from his Nobel Prize :

Tagore invested his Nobel Prize money in constructing the Visva-Bharati School in Shantiniketan. The School ran on the Shantiniketan education system and gave the Nation many distinguished personalities Amartya Sen, Satyajit Roy & Indira Gandhi to name a few out of many others.

Preface of Gitanjali is written by W.B.Yeats :

The Preface of Tagore's most acclaimed work,Gitanjali was written by another greatest poets of the 20th century,WB yeats.

Tagore was Colour Blind at the age of 60 :

Tagore took up drawing and painting.Many of his works were successfully exhibited throughout Europe. His strange colour schemes and aesthetics made people realised that he was red-green colour blind.

In conversation with Einstein :

Tagore was once invited by Albert Einstein at home.The two talked about religion, Science and Their chat has been documented in the "Note on the Nature of Reality".

Tagore wroked on All Genres :

Tagore wrote Nobles, Short Stories, Poems, Essays, Verses, Songs and a lot of other stuff. He is believed to have worked on almost all kinds of genres.

Tagore was Knighted :

Once King George V of England Knighted RabindraNath Tagore in 1915 for his great contribution in the field of literature. However, following the tragic massacre of Jallianwala Bagh in 1919,he renounced his title.

Like Father, Like Son :

Rabindranath Tagore was the son of Debendranath Tagore, the person who played a great role in influencing the Bengali Rennaisance. Rabindranath Tagore played a crucial role in discovering Bengali Art,Literature,Music and Theatre. He is also credited with calling Gandhiji "Mahatma" for the first time. He was truly a person within except brain. According to the Legend, even on his deathbed, he was worried about the poems in his mind which he could not write.