Rabindranath Tagore, an Indian philosopher, poet, and writer, was born in Calcutta, India in 1861.
Rabindranath Tagore was born on May 7, 1861 at the Jorasanko palace in Calcutta to Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi. He was the youngest son of thirteen children. Rabindranath Tagore, who wrote the Indian National Anthem and received the Nobel Prize in Literature, was a multifaceted individual in every way. He was a Bengali poet, philosopher of the Brahmo Samaj, visual artist, dramatist, writer, painter, and musician. Even today, Rabindranath Tagore is recognised for his spiritual and mercurial poetry lyrics.
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