• Gurudev Ravindra Nath Tagore was the

first Nobel Laureate of Asia.

• Tagore was born on 7 May 1861 in an old aristocratic family of nineteenth century Calcutta.

• His father Debendranath Tagore (1817-1905) was popularly known as ‘Maharshi’

Family background

• Rabindranath was the fourteenth child of his parents.

• Dwijendranath was a renowned poet and philosopher.

• Satyendranath was the first Indian member of the Indian Civil Service.

• Jyotirindranath was a playwright and musician.• Swarnakumari earned reputation as one of the

early woman novelists of India. • Thus the atmosphere of the Tagore family at the

ancestral house of Jorasanko was charged with the cultivation of literary, musical and dramatic activities.

The Nobel Prize Medal for Literature

In his Convocation Address at the Banaras Hindu University on 8 February 1935

Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore said-

•As a people we must be fully conscious of what we are . The fact is, we have a feeble human interest in our own country. We love to talk about politics and economics; we are ready to soar into the thin air of academic abstractions, or roam in the dusk of pedantic wildernesses; but we never care to cross our social boundaries and come to the door of our neighbouring communities, personally to enquire how they think and feel and express themselves, and how they fashion their lives.. The best function of our Education Centres is to help us to know ourselves and then along with it, the other mission will be fulfilled, which is to inspire us to give ourselves to society.

Reference : http://drsyamaprasadmookerjee.org/speaches6_2.html

D.Litt. from BHU

• 1935 The Banaras Hindu University conferred the Degree of D. Litt. (Honoris Causa) to Gurudev Ravindra Nath Tagore.

Books @ BHU

• Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore By Radhakrishnan, S.

• Poet : Painter; paintings by Rabindranath Tagore Edited by Mulk Raj Anand

• Profile of Rabindranath Tagore in world literature• Rabindra Nath Tagore : His early life and works. • Tagore, the educator.• Rabindranath Tagore : a biographical study.

Books @ BHU

• Religious philosophy of Tagore and Radhakrishnan : a comparative and analytical study.

• Robindranath Tagore his life and work.• Stories from Tagore.• Tagore's educational philosophy and

experiment• Tagore, India Soviet Union : A dream

fulfilled

Books @ BHU• The concept of man in Rabindranath Tagore

and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan • The english writings of Rabindranath

Tagore : Plays, stories, essays• The golden book of Tagore • The illegitimacy of nationalism :

Rabindranath Tagore and the politics of self.• The lute and the plough : A life of

Rabindranath Tagore• Universal man : Tagore's vision of the

religion of humanity

Research Work on Tagore @BHU

• Bhartiya chintan mein manavavad : Visheshatah Tagore, Gandhi evam Nehru ke Chintan ke pariprekshya mein : Ek tulnatmak evam sameekshatmak adhyayan

• Confucious and Tagore : A comparative study

Research Work on Tagore @BHU

• Manviya swatantrata: Jean Paul Sartre evam Ravindra Nath Tagore ke vicharo ki vivechana

• Tagore aur Shri Aurobindo darshan mein Ishwar ki dharna

• Rabindra-Sangeeter vani roop

• Ravindra Nath Thakur aur Chhayavad

Research Work on Tagore @BHU

• Samakaleen Bharatiya darshan mein

paramatattva ki avadharana :Vivekananda, Tagore, Gandhi, Sri Aurovindo aur Radhakrishnan ke sandarbh mein.

• Samkaleen Bhartiya darshan mein mukti ki

avadharna : Vivekananda, Tagore, Gandhi,

Arvind evam Radhakrishnan ke vishesh sandarbh mein.

• Jana-gana-mana-adhinayaka, jaya heBharata-bhagya-vidhata.Punjab-Sindh-Gujarat-MarathaDravida-Utkala-BangaVindhya-Himachala-Yamuna-GangaUchchala-Jaladhi-taranga.Tava shubha name jage,Tava shubha asisa mage,Gahe tava jaya gatha,Jana-gana-mangala-dayaka jaya heBharata-bhagya-vidhata.Jaya he, jaya he, jaya he,Jaya jaya jaya, jaya he!

• National Anthem

From :Dr. Vivekanand JainBanaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi - 221005