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Rabindranath Tagore's Santiniketan Recommended To UNESCO Heritage List
Santiniketan - the place where Gurudev Rabindra Nath Tagore built Visva-Bharati over a century ago, has been recommended for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List by an international advisory body, Union Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy said.
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Mamata Banerjee's Photo Among "Famous Bengali Legends" Sparks Outrage On Social Media
A photograph of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alongside stalwarts of Bengal, including revolutionary hero Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Nobel laureate poet Rabindra Nath Tagore, on a giant flex at the heart of the city's information technology hub has created a stir among people on social media websites.
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Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb's Latest: Rabindranath Tagore Returned Nobel Prize In Protest
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has added another blooper to the list of his gaffes. In a video being circulated on social media, the 46-year-old chief minister is seen telling his audience that "Rabindranath Tagore returned his Nobel Prize in protest against the British."
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'Rabindranath Tagore Should be a Household Name Across India,' Says Gulzar
"The album was created in an endeavour to take Tagore's work out of Bengal and share it with everyone. Working on this album has been a fulfilling experience. It's important that every Indian knows Tagore's work. It has been a desire that Tagore should be known as a household name across India," Gulzar said at the event
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CBI Raids Tagore's Viswa Bharati, Files Case Against Sacked Vice Chancellor
The Central Bureau of Investigation today filed charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy against four people, including the sacked vice chancellor of the central Viswa Bharati University founded by Nobel laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore at Shantiniketan in West Bengal.
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Shiv Sena Wants Word 'Sindh' In National Anthem Removed
Shiv Sena member Arvind Sawant today demanded that the word 'Sindh' in the national anthem be removed and replaced with an appropriate word, saying there was no state by that name in the country.
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In Tweet, Amitabh Bachchan Celebrates Tagore's Greatness
"Gurudev Rabindra Nath Tagore Anniversay ... May 7 ... in remembrance of greatness," tweeted Mr Bachchan
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Amitabh Bachchan's Soulful Rendition of the National Anthem
Mr Bachchan's rich baritone echoes around Jorasanko, the ancestral home of Rabnindranath Tagore who wrote Jana Gana Mana
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Amitabh Bachchan Sings National Anthem For Republic Day
Mr Bachchan is also rumoured to have been invited to the banquet in honour of Mr Obama at Rashtrapati Bhawan tonight
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Rabindra Nath Tagore's Ancestral House to be Preserved as Heritage Site
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that Nobel laureate poet Rabindra Nath Tagore's ancestral house at Jorasanko in North Kolkata would be preserved by the state government as a heritage site.
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Rabindranath Tagore great poet but second rate playwright: Girish Karnad
Just days after noted playwright Girish Karnad stirred up a controversy by launching a scathing attack on Nobel laureate VS Naipaul, today he turned his guns on Rabindranath Tagore. Mr Karnad called Tagore a 'great poet but a second rate playwright.'
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On Rabindra Nath Tagore's 150th birth anniversary, Centre announces Rs 150 crore for development of Visva Bharati
As a tribute to Rabindranath Tagore on the occasion of his 150th birth anniversary, the government on Monday announced a grant of Rs 150 crore to the Nobel Laureate's abode -- Visva Bharati University - for restoring it to its old glory.
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Nobel for a school dropout
Today is the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindra Nath Tagore, an event that the country will celebrate over the next 12 months. Among those marking the day today are two schools in Kolkata where Tagore studied. The Nobel laureate was not a great student and hated being confined in a classroom. He changed schools four times. Each stay was brief, to ...
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CBI closes Nobel theft case
The CBI has closed investigation into the theft of Rabindra Nath Tagore's Nobel medal, citing absence of any further clues.
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Rabindranath Tagore's Santiniketan Recommended To UNESCO Heritage List
Santiniketan - the place where Gurudev Rabindra Nath Tagore built Visva-Bharati over a century ago, has been recommended for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List by an international advisory body, Union Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy said.
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Mamata Banerjee's Photo Among "Famous Bengali Legends" Sparks Outrage On Social Media
A photograph of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alongside stalwarts of Bengal, including revolutionary hero Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Nobel laureate poet Rabindra Nath Tagore, on a giant flex at the heart of the city's information technology hub has created a stir among people on social media websites.
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Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb's Latest: Rabindranath Tagore Returned Nobel Prize In Protest
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has added another blooper to the list of his gaffes. In a video being circulated on social media, the 46-year-old chief minister is seen telling his audience that "Rabindranath Tagore returned his Nobel Prize in protest against the British."
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'Rabindranath Tagore Should be a Household Name Across India,' Says Gulzar
"The album was created in an endeavour to take Tagore's work out of Bengal and share it with everyone. Working on this album has been a fulfilling experience. It's important that every Indian knows Tagore's work. It has been a desire that Tagore should be known as a household name across India," Gulzar said at the event
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CBI Raids Tagore's Viswa Bharati, Files Case Against Sacked Vice Chancellor
The Central Bureau of Investigation today filed charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy against four people, including the sacked vice chancellor of the central Viswa Bharati University founded by Nobel laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore at Shantiniketan in West Bengal.
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Shiv Sena Wants Word 'Sindh' In National Anthem Removed
Shiv Sena member Arvind Sawant today demanded that the word 'Sindh' in the national anthem be removed and replaced with an appropriate word, saying there was no state by that name in the country.
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In Tweet, Amitabh Bachchan Celebrates Tagore's Greatness
"Gurudev Rabindra Nath Tagore Anniversay ... May 7 ... in remembrance of greatness," tweeted Mr Bachchan
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Amitabh Bachchan's Soulful Rendition of the National Anthem
Mr Bachchan's rich baritone echoes around Jorasanko, the ancestral home of Rabnindranath Tagore who wrote Jana Gana Mana
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Amitabh Bachchan Sings National Anthem For Republic Day
Mr Bachchan is also rumoured to have been invited to the banquet in honour of Mr Obama at Rashtrapati Bhawan tonight
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Rabindra Nath Tagore's Ancestral House to be Preserved as Heritage Site
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that Nobel laureate poet Rabindra Nath Tagore's ancestral house at Jorasanko in North Kolkata would be preserved by the state government as a heritage site.
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Rabindranath Tagore great poet but second rate playwright: Girish Karnad
Just days after noted playwright Girish Karnad stirred up a controversy by launching a scathing attack on Nobel laureate VS Naipaul, today he turned his guns on Rabindranath Tagore. Mr Karnad called Tagore a 'great poet but a second rate playwright.'
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On Rabindra Nath Tagore's 150th birth anniversary, Centre announces Rs 150 crore for development of Visva Bharati
As a tribute to Rabindranath Tagore on the occasion of his 150th birth anniversary, the government on Monday announced a grant of Rs 150 crore to the Nobel Laureate's abode -- Visva Bharati University - for restoring it to its old glory.
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Nobel for a school dropout
Today is the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindra Nath Tagore, an event that the country will celebrate over the next 12 months. Among those marking the day today are two schools in Kolkata where Tagore studied. The Nobel laureate was not a great student and hated being confined in a classroom. He changed schools four times. Each stay was brief, to ...
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CBI closes Nobel theft case
The CBI has closed investigation into the theft of Rabindra Nath Tagore's Nobel medal, citing absence of any further clues.
