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Rabindranath Tagore's 150th Birth Anniversary

Published on: May 10, 2010, 12:00 AM IST
Indian Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, right, backdropped by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's portrait, is seen during the inauguration of an exhibition train to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Tagore, in Calcutta, India, Sunday, May 9, 2010. Events across India marked the 150th birth anniversary of freedom poet Tagore. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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Indian Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, right, backdropped by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's portrait, is seen during the inauguration of an exhibition train to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Tagore, in Calcutta, India, Sunday, May 9, 2010. Events across India marked the 150th birth anniversary of freedom poet Tagore. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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A garlanded portrait of Indian Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore is placed in a room where he breathed his last, on his 150th birth anniversary in Calcutta, India, Sunday, May 9, 2010. Events across India marked the 150th birth anniversary of freedom poet Tagore. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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People garland a portrait of Indian Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in a room where he breathed his last, as they pay tribute to him on his 150th birth anniversary in Calcutta, India, Sunday, May 9, 2010. Events across India marked the 150th birth anniversary of freedom poet Tagore. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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Schoolchildren carry portraits of Indian Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore during a rally as they pay tribute to him on his birth anniversary in Calcutta, India, Sunday, May 9, 2010. Events across India marked the 150th birth anniversary of freedom poet Tagore. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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People look on at memorabilia on sale of Indian Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on his 150th birth anniversary in Calcutta, India, Sunday, May 9, 2010. Events across India marked the 150th birth anniversary of freedom poet Tagore. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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People queue to pay tribute to Indian Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in a building where he was born and breathed his last, on his 150th birth anniversary in Calcutta, India, Sunday, May 9, 2010. Events across India marked the 150th birth anniversary of freedom poet Tagore. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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In this photo provided by the Press Information Bureau of India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks at the inauguration of the exhibition The Master's Strokes Art of Rabindranath Tagore on Indian Nobel laureate Tagore's 150th birth anniversary in New Delhi, India, Sunday, May 9, 2010. Events across India marked the 150th birth anniversary of freedom poet Tagore. (AP Photo/Press Information Bureau, B.M. Meena)
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Indians visit an exhibition inside a train to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Indian Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, in Calcutta, India, Sunday, May 9, 2010. Events across India marked the 150th birth anniversary of freedom poet Tagore. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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A street vendor sells portraits of Indian Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on his 150th birth anniversary in Calcutta, India, Sunday, May 9, 2010. Events across India marked the 150th birth anniversary of freedom poet Tagore. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)