PM Modi pays tribute to Rabindranath Tagore on his 160th birth anniversary ANI | Updated: May 09, 2021 10:39 IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tribute to Rabindranath Tagore on his 160th birth anniversary.
Taking to Twitter, PM Modi wrote, On Tagore Jayanti, I bow to the great Gurudev Tagore. May his exemplary ideals keep giving us strength and inspiration to build the India he dreamt of.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda also paid tribute to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore and said, My humble tributes to one of the greatest thinkers of India, Gurudev Rabindranath Thakur ji on his Jayanti. Gurudev is an inspiration to all of us & his thoughts will continue to guide us to fulfill the vision of Sonar Bangla . BJP will do everything to live up to his ideals.
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Synopsis On Tagore Jayanti, I bow to the great Gurudev Tagore. May his exemplary ideals keep giving us strength and inspiration to build the India he dreamt of, PM said.
PTI On Tagore Jayanti, I bow to the great Gurudev Tagore. May his exemplary ideals keep giving us strength and inspiration to build the India he dreamt of, he said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to
Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on his 160th birth anniversary. Tagore was born on May 7 but his birthday is celebrated in West Bengal, where he was born and is revered, according to the traditional Bengali calendar, and this year it falls on Sunday.
160th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore | File photo
Rabindranath Tagore s birthday today: Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali polymath who is said to have singlehandedly reshaped Bengali literature and music. Further, he was also a major factor in shaping Indian art through contextual modernism. To date, all his poetry, novels, short stories, and essays are widely read across the globe.
The Bard of Bengal, Rabindranath Tagore, was born as Robindronath Thakur to a family that was at the forefront of the Bengali Renaissance. According to the Gregorian calendar, he was born on May 7, 1861, in Kolkata to parents, Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi.