Rabindranath Tagore was born on 7 May 1861 as per the Gregorian calendar. Even though his birthday is observed as Rabindrayanti according to the Bengali calendar(25th Baisakh, 1268) on ponchishe boishaakh(25th of the Bengali month of Baisakh). His grandfather Dwarkanath Tagore (1794-1846) had amassed great wealth through investment and speculation in coal mines, indigo, and sugar. He was one of the first Indian industrialists and entrepreneurs. Despite the fact that the family was an outcast Brahmin, known as piralee brahman, the dynasty he founded gave Bengal and all of India some of its most prominent painters, poets, musicians, and religious leaders. He was the youngest of 13 surviving children of his parents, Maharishi Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi. He wrote his first poem at the tender age of 8. His first recitation — Rabindranath's first public recitation of his poet...
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