Rabindranath Tagore Early life: 1861

Rabindranath Tagore Early life: 1861 - 1878 (Part 1)

The youngest of thirteen surviving children, Tagore was born in 7 May 1861 in the Jorsankan mansion in Calcutta in Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi.

Tagore was raised mostly by servants his mother had died in earlier childhood and his father travelled widely. The Tagore family was at the forefront at the Bengal renaissance. They hosted the publication of literary magazines theaters and recital of Bengali and Western classical music featured there regurerly. Tagore father invited several professional Dhrupad musician to stay in in the house and teach Indian classical music to the children. Tagore's oldest brother Dwijendranath was a philosopher and poet. Another brother Satyendranath was the first Indian appointed to the elite of formerly all European Indian Civil Service. Yet another brother Jyotirindranath was a musician, composer and playwrite. His sister Swaranakumari became a novelist. Jyotirindranath's wife Kadambari Devi, slightly older than Tagore, was a dear friend and powerful influence. Her abrupt suicide in 1884,soon after he married, let him profoundly distraught for years.

Tagore largely avoid classroom schooling and preferred to roam the manor or nearby Bolpur and Panihati which the family visited. His brother Hemendranath tutored and physically conditioned him by having him swims the Ganges or trek through hills by gymnastic, and by practising Judo and wrestling. He learn drawing, anatomy, geography and history, literature mathematics, Sanskrit and English his least favourite subject. Tagore loathed formal education his scholarly travails at the local presidency college spanned a single day. Years later he held proper teaching does not explain thing proper teaching stokes curiosity.

After his upnayan rite at age eleven, Tagore and his father left Calcutta in February 1873 to tour India for several months, visiting his father Shantiniketen estate and Amritsar before reaching the Himalaya Hill Station of Dalhousie. There Tagore read biographies and studied history Astronomy and modern science and Sanskrit and examined the classical poetry of Kalidasa During his 1 month stay at Amritsar in 1873 he was greatly influence melodious gurbani and nanak bani being sung at Golden Temple for which both father and son were regularly visitors. He mention about his 'MY REMINISCENCES he wrote 6 poem by relating to Sikhsim and a numbers of articles in Bengali child magazine about Sikhism........

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