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  Rabindra Nath Tagore's ancestral house to be preserved as heritage site

  India | December 16, 2014 9:23 IST

  Kolkata: 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 | November 11, 2014 11:26 IST

  Kolkata: 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 15:22 IST

  Patna, 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

  Politics | January 14, 2013 10:40 IST

  Kolkata, 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 20:25 IST

  Kolkata, 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 | December 27, 2011 16:23 IST

  New 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 13:11 IST

  New 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