Tagore's death anniversary today
Thursday, 6 August 2009
Today (Thursday) is the 22nd of the Bangla month of Shravan -- the 68th death anniversary of Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore, reports BSS.
Bangla Academy and other socio-cultural organisations across the country have chalked out various programmes to observe the death anniversary of the world famous Bangali poet.
In his long seven decades of endeavours in different genres of Bangla literature, the great poet enriched the Bangla literature and language and elevated their positions in the global arena.
Tagore won the Nobel prize in 1813 in literature.
Bangla Academy and other socio-cultural organisations across the country have chalked out various programmes to observe the death anniversary of the world famous Bangali poet.
In his long seven decades of endeavours in different genres of Bangla literature, the great poet enriched the Bangla literature and language and elevated their positions in the global arena.
Tagore won the Nobel prize in 1813 in literature.