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There was a strong protest. And finally it was withdrawn. Bengal was partitioned, Calcutta became the capital city of the state of West Bengal in India. Bidhan Chandra Roy. Calcutta and surrounding places were flooded with people from East Pakistan now Bangladesh as a result of the partition.
It is continuing in power for a record stretch of time. Mitterrand in Calcutta. He died in the same year. Rabindranath Tagore [] Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel laureate poet, writer, philosopher was the ambassador of Indian culture to the rest of the world.
He is probably the most prominent figure in the cultural world of Indian subcontinent and the first Asian to be awarded with Nobel prize. Even though he is mainly known as a poet, his multifaceted talent showered upon different branches of art, such as, novels, short stories, dramas, articles, essays, painting etc. And his songs, popularly known as Rabindrasangeet , have an eternal appeal and is permanently placed in the heart of the Bengalis.
He was a social reformer, patriot and above all, a great humanitarian and philosopher. India and Bangladesh - the national anthems of these two countries are his composition. He was son of Debenadranath and Sarada Devi and the grand son of Dwarakanath Tagore, a rich landlord and social reformer. He could not cope with the conventional system of education and started study at home under several teachers.
He translated a part of Shakespare's Macbeth into Bengali verse which was later published in Bharati magazine. His first book of poems, Kabi Kahini tale of a poet was published in In the same year, he sailed to England with his brother Satyandranath. Retuned to India in Got married to Bhabatarini Devi in at the age of Later her name was changed to Mrinalini Devi.
By this time he had already been established as a leading writer of Bengali literature. In Tagore attended session of Indian National Congress and on the opening day sang Vandemataram composed by Bankim Chandra Chattapadhayay, the exponent of novel in Bengali literature. In he took the editorial charge of the magazine Bangadarshan. Got involved with freedom fighting movement. Established Bolpur Bramhacharyaashram at Shantiniketan, a school in the pattern of old Indian Ashrama.
He strongly protested Lord Curzon's decision to divide Bengal on the basis of religion. Wrote a number of national songs and attended protest meetings. He introduced the Rakhibandhan ceremony , symbolizing the underlying unity in undivided Bengal. In started writing Gitanjali at Silaidaha. Composed Janaganamana in which later became the national anthem of India. In went to Europe for the second time.
He met William Rothenstein, a noted British painter, in London. Earlier he was introduced to Rothenstein in Calcutta at a gathering at Abanindranath Tagore's house before. Rothenstien was impressed by the poems, made copies and gave to Yeats and other English poets.
He arranged a reading in his house where Yeats read Tagore's poems in front of a distinguished audience comprising of Ezra Pound, May Sinclair, Ernest Rhys etc. Tagore sailed for America for the first time from England. In the mean time Gitanjali song offerings containing translated poems of Tagore was published in London.
Yeats wrote the introduction for this book and Rothenstein did a pencil sketch for the cover page. The book created a sensation in the English literary world.
Tagore delivered lectures in Rochester, Boston, Harvard University. His six Gitanjali poems appeared in Poetry in December, issue. The poet returned to Calcutta. On 26th Decemeber, University of Calcutta conferred on him the honorary degree of "D. Received Knighthood in Proceeded to Japan in On his way gave speeches at Rangoon, Singapore, Hongkong. Returned to Calcutta in In , the poet started a tour to South India. Besant at Adyar.
In , he wrote a historic letter to Lord Chelmsford repudiating his Knighthood in protest against the massacre at Jalianwalabag, Punjab. Call came from Europe again in His effort to raise fund for Viswabharati was not very fruitful in America, mostly because he was seen as an anti-British and pro-German. In , established Viswabharati University.
He gave all his money from Nobel Prize and royalty money from his books to this University. Went to Bombay and from there to Poona. Got invitation from China and visited Sanghai, Peiking. Visited Japan again in this tour. Went to South America. The poet gave her a name , Vijaya and wrote Purabi - a collection of poems dedicated to her.
On the return journey visited Italy and lectured in Milan, Venice, Florence. Mahatma Gandhi visited Santiniketan on the poet's birthday. In visited Dacca, Moimonsingha, Comilla. In went to Malayasia, Java, Thailand. In Canada. In Russia. In Iran, Iraq. And in to SriLanka.
The Sabarna Ray Choudhury Paribar Parishad represents the family that claims descent from ancestors who were granted lands in the area including the village of Sutanuti and Koliata. The lands had later been leased to the British.
A sharp businesman, Charnock chose Sutanuti which was already a lively trading town in Mughal India in the 16th, 17th and 18th century. The formation of a cities is a cultural phenomenon and it occurs over time. Putting a date to mark the exact moment of its creation not only negates years of sociological research into the evolution of human cities and society, but also the perhaps unrecorded or undiscovered history of the people who existed in the place before the coloial era.
That does not deter some from celebrating the day just to eulogise a city that they have grown to love. Two absolute masters of their art. And books, cigarettes, tea, adda.
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