Rabindranath Tagore

The world came to know of Rabindranath Tagore in 1913 when Gitanjali a collection of devotional lyrics won him the Nobel Prize for Literature. This magnificent poet laureates journey began in 1861. By the end of his life he was a poet unparalleled a dramatist of many genres and a political and social essayist. During his lifetime he composed around 2000 songs and painted hundreds of paintings. His music has been recognised as Rabindra Sangeet which is today a unique genre of Bengali music.Tagore has the unique distinction of having composed the National Anthem for two countries - India and Bangladesh.