07 May, every year, is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of the great Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore.

• Referred to as ‘Gurudev’, ‘Kabiguru’, the Bard of Bengal, and ‘Biswakabi’, he was versatile- poet, writer, philosopher, social reformer.
• Nobel Laureate and composer of our National Anthem – Two songs from his Rabindrasangit canon are now the national anthems of India and Bangladesh: the Jana Gana Mana and the Amar Shonar Bangla.
• The first non-European literature laureate, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for his notable works Gitanjali.
• Kabuliwala, The Postmaster, the Indian national anthem, and  Gora are some of his literary works.
• He founded Shantiniketan to provide education and later this became Viswa Bharti University. 1n 1921, Rabindranath Tagore established Viswabharati University.
• In 1905, Lord Curzon decided to divide Bengal into two parts. Rabindranath Tagore strongly protested against this decision. Tagore wrote a number of national songs and attended protest meetings. He introduced the Rakhibandhan ceremony, symbolizing the underlying unity of undivided Bengal.
• In 1915 he was knighted by the British King George V. In 1919, following the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Tagore renounced his knighthood.