Rabindranath Tagore
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Rabindra Nath Tagore's ancestral house to be preserved as heritage site
India | Dec 16, 2014, 09:23 AM ISTKolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that Nobel laureate poet Rabindra Nath Tagore's ancestral house at Jorasanko in North Kolkata would be preserved by the state government as a heritage site."Its
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Ruskin Bond, Daman Singh to be part of Kolkata lit meet
India | Nov 11, 2014, 11:26 AM ISTKolkata: Noted author Ruskin Bond and Daman Singh, daughter of former prime minister Manmohan Singh, are some of the big names who will participate at the fourth Kolkata Literary Meet, beginning Jan 23 next year.The
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Tagore's tryst with Patna remains a forgotten legend
India | May 13, 2013, 03:22 PM ISTPatna, May 13: Eclipsed by concrete buildings, Patna's famous Fraser Road sports a handsome old red-brick house ‘Shanti Niketan', which marks Nobel Laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore's tryst with the city.Patna's most recognizable and historic landmark,
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When Mamata's works beat Jamini Roy's
National | Jan 14, 2013, 10:40 AM ISTKolkata, Jan 14: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee might be a crowd puller as a politician, but this time it's the painter in her that attracts people, even though her works vie for attention
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Bengal celebrates 151st birth anniversary of Tagore
India | May 08, 2012, 08:25 PM ISTKolkata, May 8: The 151st birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore was observed all over West Bengal today with cultural programmes showcasing songs, poems and other forms of Tagore works.The state government organised a cultural event
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Jana Gana Mana Is 100 Years Old
India | Dec 27, 2011, 04:23 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 27: ‘Jana Gana Mana', the country's national anthem penned by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, turned 100 today as it was first sung on this day a century ago at the 1911 Calcutta
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Tagore Second Most Known Figure In China
World | May 29, 2011, 01:11 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 29 : The Chinese may have the highest regard for Buddha but apart from him, the Indian name best known to them is Rabindranath Tagore.“In the background of over two millennia of