Rabindranath Tagore’s 83rd death anniversary is today, August 7, 2024. As a poet, painter, composer, dramatist, and social reformer, he is remembered around the globe.
Indians’ reactions to Rabindranath Tagore’s name are bound to be diverse. August 7, 2024, is the 83rd anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore’s passing. This day in 1941 marked his death.
He is acknowledged as a poet, composer, dramatist, painter, and social reformer who received the Noble Prize. His well-known poetry collection Gitanjali, which contains over 150 poems, had a profound impact on Indian literature. Rabindranath Tagore was much more than just a poet and writer, and India still reveres him for his brilliance.
His love for Bengal was well-known, and his pride in India was unwavering. Even now, his songs are played all over, especially in West Bengal. Because of his creation, artists have created a plethora of films, short stories, re-imagined songs, and paintings.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote a heartfelt message on social media platform X (Twitter) on the anniversary of his death.
Rabindranath Tagore’s 83rd Death Anniversary: 10 Quotes
- When dawn is still dark, faith is the bird that senses light.
- The clouds drift into my life, bringing color to my setting sky instead of rain or storms.
- Let me not ask to be shielded from danger, but rather to face it with courage. Let my heart triumph over my pain instead of pleading for it to stop.
- Let me pray to face dangers head-on rather than to be shielded from them. Let my heart triumph over my pain instead of pleading for it to stop.
- If I am unable to pass through one door, I will either create a new one or use an existing one. No matter how gloomy things are right now, something amazing will happen.
- You cannot cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water
- The majority of people mistakenly think that their minds are mirrors that reflect the outside world fairly accurately, but in reality, the mind is the primary creative agent.
- A knife with all its blades is like a mind with all its logic. The hand that uses it bleeds when using it.
- Refrain from dismissing it by calling it the past and saying, “It’s morning.” Witness it for the first time as a nameless newborn.
- Being happy is very easy, but being simple is very hard.
- As I slept, I had happy dreams about life. When I woke up, I realized life was a service. After I took action, serving was a joy.
Interesting facts About Rabindranath Tagore on his death anniversary
- Rabindranath Tagore started penning poems when he was just eight years old. He wrote his first book under the pen name “Bhanusiṃha” when he was sixteen years old.
- ‘Valmiki Pratibha’ was Rabindranath Tagore’s first play, written when he was twenty years old. In the play, which was performed at Jorasanko Thakurbar, Rabindranath portrayed Valmiki.
- The eminent English poet W.B. Yeats wrote the preface to Gitanjali, which Rabindranath Tagore translated.
- Rabindranath Tagore received an invitation to Albert Einstein’s Caputh home in 1930. There, they engaged in lengthy discussions concerning science and religion.
- On May 31, 1919, Tagore refused to accept his knighthood as a symbol of his opposition to English rule following the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
- Tagore received the Nobel Prize in Literature earlier than any other Asian or non-European.
- He donated the money from his Nobel Prize to help establish Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan.
- Rabindranath Tagore traveled extensively outside of India starting in 1912.
- “Sri Lanka Matha,” Sri Lanka’s national anthem, is generally credited to Rabindranath Tagore. The Sri Lankan national anthem was inspired by the Tagore poem. He translated his original work into Sinhalese.
- He had founded an experimental school at Shantiniketan, a small town in rural West Bengal.
