On May 7, 1861, India's first Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore, was born in Kolkata. He was a painter, poet, playwright, composer, philosopher, and social reformer. Tagore was also known as the Bengal Bard and Gurudev.
In 1913, he became the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize.
Poems, plays, short tales, and art works are among Rabindranath Tagore's works. His prose has been hailed as exquisite and his poetry as magical.
Tagore was the author of our national hymn, 'Jana Gana Mana,' as well as the national anthem of Bangladesh, 'Amar Shonar Bangla.'
The Bengali poet was knighted by King George V in 1915, but he refused to accept it following the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy in 1919.
On the occasion of Tagore's birthday, here are some of his wise words: