Rabindranath Tagore was born on 7 May 1861 in Kolkata. A Bengali poet, writer, composer and painter, Tagore was a leading figure of the cultural revival in Bengal and across India. His collection of poems Gitanjali brought him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913, making him the first non-European to receive it. He wrote novels, short stories, plays and songs, and the music and lyrics for the national anthems of both India and Bangladesh. He founded the school at Santiniketan, which became the Visva-Bharati University, with ideas of education in natural surroundings. In 1919, after the Amritsar massacre, he renounced the knighthood he had been given.
Before and after
- from 17 March 1861 to 18 June 1946Kingdom of Italy
- 23 March 1861Publication of Great Expectations
- 10 April 1861Founding of Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- from 12 April 1861 to 9 April 1865American Civil War
- 7 May 1861Birth of Rabindranath Tagore
- 19 June 1861Birth of José Rizal
- from 13 September 1861 to 20 September 1861Siege of Lexington
- 10 October 1861Birth of Fridtjof Nansen
- 25 October 1861Founding of Toronto Stock Exchange
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