Rabindranath Tagore ( 1861- 1941 )
- First Indian and first non-European to achieve the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his exceptional work, Gitanjali. Responsible for modernising Bengali prose and poetry.
- Gave the national anthems of India and Bangladesh: the Jana Gana Mana and the Amar Shonar Bangla.
- "Jana Gana Mana" was translated by him from Bengali to English in February 1919 at Madanapalle in the District of Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh).
- In 1915, he was awarded the knighthood by British King George V which he later renounced in 1919, to protest against the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre.
- He is said to have given Mahatma Gandhi the title of Mahatma.
- Established the Vishwa-Bharati University in 1921.
- Spoke at the World Parliament for Religions in the years 1929 and 1937.
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