Childhood & EducationД«orn on in a wealthy and prominent Brahmin family of Bengal (Calcutta), Rabindranath Tagore was the youngest of thirteen children of his father Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi. Aside from this, the greatest legacy of the poet to his country remains the world renowned institution he founded known as Visva-Bharati University. He was the only person to have written the national anthems of two countries. Two famous songs composed by him Amar Shonar Bangala and Jana Gana Mana became a part of the national anthem of Bangladesh and India respectively after their independence. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1913 and became the Asia's first Nobel Laureate. The author extended his contribution during the Indian Independence Movement and wrote songs and poems galvanizing the movement, though he never directly participated in it. Best known for his poems and short stories, Tagore largely contributed to the Bengali literature in the late 19th and early 20th century and created his masterpieces such as Ghare-Baire, Yogayog, Gitanjali, and Gitimalya. Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds IntroductionДЄ Bengali mystic and artist, Rabindranath Tagore was a great poet, philosopher, music composer and a leader of Brahma Samaj, who took the India culture and tradition to the whole world and became a voice of the Indian heritage. Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

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