Category: LiteraturePart of speech: nounDifficulty: IntermediateRecommended for ★ UPSC

রবীন্দ্রনাথ

/rabindranath/Roman

English meaning: Rabindranath Tagore

Definition

The renowned Bengali poet, novelist, playwright, and philosopher (1861-1941) who became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (1913) for Gitanjali. He composed India's national anthem Jana Gana Mana.

Example

রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর বাংলা সাহিত্যের মহান কবি।

In English: Rabindranath Tagore is the great poet of Bengali literature.

Literary Heritage

সাহিত্য হলো মানুষের মনের দর্পণ।

/Sahitya holo manusher maner darpan./

Literature is the mirror of the human mind.

Rabindranath Tagore · Poet, Nobel Laureate · 1861–1941

Kabuliwala

Essays on Literature, Rabindranath Tagore, 1907

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Language
বাংলা
Bengali
Script
Bengali
Family
Indo-Aryan
Speakers
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