Writer · 1861 – 1941
Rabindranath Tagore
Little-Known Facts
- He founded an experimental school and university, Visva-Bharati, at Santiniketan.
- He renounced his British knighthood in protest at the 1919 Amritsar massacre.
Myths & Misconceptions
Was Tagore only a poet?
He was a true polymath — a novelist, short-story writer, playwright, composer, painter and educator, as well as a poet.