Tagore\\\'s 73rd death anniv today
Wednesday, 6 August 2014
Today (Wednesday) is the 73rd death anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, reports BSS.
Different organisations and television channels will hold special programmes marking the death anniversary of the greatest poet of Bangla literature.
In his long seven decades of endeavours in different genres of Bangla literature, the great poet enriched the Bangla language and literature and elevated their positions in the global arena.
Tagore modernised Bengali art by spurning rigid classical forms. His novels, stories, songs, dance-dramas, and essays spoke to political and personal topics.
Tagore was born in the Jorasanko Mansion in Kolkata of parents Debendranath Tagore (1817-1905) and Sarada Devi (1830-1875).