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    Rabindranath Tagore was a prolific Indian writer who was born in 1861 in Calcutta, India. He began writing poetry and plays at a very young age. Some of his most notable works included Gitanjali and Gora. Tagore founded an ashram and school in Shantiniketan in 1901. He contributed greatly to Bengali and Indian culture through his literature. Two of his songs were later adopted as the national anthems of Bangladesh and India. Tagore spent his last few years in poor health before passing away in 1941.

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    Rabindranath Tagore was a prolific Indian writer who was born in 1861 in Calcutta, India. He began writing poetry and plays at a very young age. Some of his most notable works included Gitanjali and Gora. Tagore founded an ashram and school in Shantiniketan in 1901. He contributed greatly to Bengali and Indian culture through his literature. Two of his songs were later adopted as the national anthems of Bangladesh and India. Tagore spent his last few years in poor health before passing away in 1941.

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    Rabindranath Tagore was born on May 1861, in Calcutta, India to Debendranath and Sarada Devi.

    He wrote his first poem when he was only eight years old. He published his first large poetry collection in 1877. He wrote his first short story and dramas when he was only 16 years of age. Tagore's major works included Gitanjali (Song Offerings), Gora (Fair-Faced), and Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World); and many other literary and art works. H e wrote many stories, novels and dramas, as well as composing music and many songs. His writings greatly influenced Bengali culture during the late 19th century and early 20th century. In 1913, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Asian to win this prize. People also call him Gurudev. In 1901, Tagore left Shelidah. He came to Shantiniketan (West Bengal) to found an ashram. He built a prayer hall, a school, and a library. He planted many trees and built a beautiful garden. Rabindranath Tagores contributions to Indian literature are vast. Two songs from his Rabindrasangeet canon are now national anthems. Amar Shonary Bangla is the national anthem of Bangladesh and Jana Gana Mana is the national anthem of India. Tagore spent last four years (1937 - 1941) of his life in pain and illness. In late 1937, he lost consciousness. After a long period of suffering, Tagore died on August 7 1941, in the same large house in Kolkata where he was born and where he had spent his childhood.He was the first perhaps to bridge the divide between the west and the east. Truly this son of the soil made India proud.

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