First Life Event!

         #  Childhood and adolescence (1861-1878)

Rabindranath Tagore was born at Jorasanko Thakurbari in Calcutta.  His father was the Brahma Guru Debendranath Tagore (1817–1905)  and his mother was Saradasundari Devi (1826–185). Rabindranath was the fourteenth child of his parents.  . 

 Rabindranath had a miscarriage at the age of only fourteen in 175.   So, being a child of a rich family, Rabindranath spent his childhood under the discipline of servants.  His education was arranged. As a child, Rabindranath was more comfortable wandering in the natural environment at Jorasanko's house or in the gardens of Bolpur and Panihati. 

 Rabindranath's Upanishad was held in 1883 at the age of eleven.  He then traveled abroad with his father for a few months. They first came to Santiniketan. With his son, Debendranath went to Bakrota, near the Dalhousie hill town in the Punjab (now in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh).  He was also encouraged to read biographies of eminent personalities, classical Sanskrit poems and plays by Kalidasa, and Upanishads. These are Michael Madhusudan's "Critique of Meghnadabadha Kavya", Vanusingh Tagore's verses and two stories called "Vikharini" and "Karuna".  Of these, the words of Vanusingh Tagore are particularly significant.  These poems are written in the style of "Vanusingh" Bhanita in imitation of the verses about Radha-Krishna. Rabindranath's story "Vikharini" is the first short story in Bengali literature.   In this episode he also composed the book of poetry Sandhya Sangeet (182).  Rabindranath's famous poem "Nirjharer Swapnabhanga" belongs to this book of poetry. 

 Youth (1878-1901)

 Black-and-white photograph of a finely dressed man and woman: the man, smiling, stands akimbo behind a settle with a shawl draped over his shoulders and in Bengali formal wear.  The woman, seated on the settle, is in elaborate Indian dress and shawl;  she leans against a carved supporting a vase and flowing leaves.

 Rabindranath with his wife Mrinalini Devi, 183

 Rabindranath went to England to study barrister in 18. He was first admitted to a public school in Brighton. In 189 he began studying law at University College London.  But he could not finish his studies due to his interest in literature. While in England, Rabindranath became acquainted with the works of Shakespeare and other English writers.  During this time he read Religio Medici, Coriolanus, and Anthony and Cleopatra with special attention. These articles were published in the paper with a critique of his elder brother Dwijendranath Tagore in the name of a Bengali young man traveling to Europe. This was Rabindranath's first prose book, first written in colloquial language. 

 Rabindranath was married to Bhavatarini, the daughter of Benimadhab Roychowdhury, a subordinate of the Thakurbari, on 9 December 183 (24 Agrahayan, 1290 BS).  Madhurilta (18–1918), Rathindranath (18–1971), Renuka (1891–1903), Meera (1894–1989) and Shamindranath (1896–1908). Renuka and Sham died at a very young age.  

In 1890, Rabindranath's other book of poetry, Mansi, was published.  Between the ages of twenty and thirty, he has published more notable books of poetry and lyric poetry.  This knowledge is music, childhood music, rabichhaya, kari and komal etc.  The story of his literary work "Time of Pursuit" 

From 1891, at the behest of his father, Rabindranath began to supervise the zamindari of Nadia (that part of Nadia in present-day Kushtia district of Bangladesh), Pabna and Rajshahi districts, and Orissa. Zamindar Rabindranath used to ride in a luxurious family barge called "Padma" in Shilaidaha to collect rent and seek blessings from the people.  The villagers also held banquets in his honor. 

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