Rabindranath Tagore was born in Calcutta, India on 7 May 1961.Rabindranath Tagore was the first writer from Asia to win the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913.
The national anthems of both Bangladesh and India originate in two songs by Rabindranath Tagore: the Amar Shonar Bangla and the Jana Gana Mana.
Rabindranath's parents were Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi.
In 1883 Rabindranath Tagore married Mrinalini Devi with whom he would have 5 children.
In 1915 Tagore was knighted by the British Crown, but he got rid of such recognition in 1919, after the massacre committed against the independence movement of India.
Rabindranath Tagore wrote more than 3,000 songs throughout his life. He also wrote novels, short stories, theatre and poems.
