Which university was founded by rabindranath tagore

Visva Bharati University, one of India’s most renowned universities, is celebrating 100 years of its formal establishment. It was founded in 1921 by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore who did not even complete his formal education. One of the country’s oldest Central universities was declared as an institution of national importance by an Act of Parliament in 1951. The Prime Minister of the country remains the chancellor of the university since 1951. In December last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the centenary celebrations of the university in Santiniketan in Birbhum district of West Bengal. The renowned poet, writer and social reformer Tagore left for the heavenly abode on August 7, 1941. Today is his death anniversary. Tagore, who founded this university, himself dropped out of school and college several times. He had never passed the matriculation examination. Despite this, Oxford University officials came to Santiniketan to give him a doctorate degree. Writer and poet Rabindranath Tagore was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. Tagore was first admitted to the Oriental Seminary School in Calcutta (now Kolkata). At the age of 7 years in 1868 he decided that he will never go to school, a place where students are being punished and beaten with sticks. He dropped out of school only after a month of his admission. In 1876, Tagore was admitted to St Xavier’s School. He could stay there for only six months and then left the schoo...

From UPSC perspective, the following things are important : Prelims level : Visva-Bharati University Mains level : Nationalist education during freedom struggle The Visva-Bharati University established by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore has completed its centenary. Do you remember the scheme of education by Gandhi Ji, called Nai Talim? Visva-Bharati University • The university was set up by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in 1921 at Santiniketan, Bolpur in West Bengal’s Birbhum district. • It was founded by Rabindranath Tagore who called it Visva-Bharati, which means the communion of the world with India. • Until independence, it was a college. Soon after independence, the institution was given the status of a central university in 1951 by an act of the Parliament. Its establishment • The origins of the institution date back to 1863 when Debendranath Tagore was given a tract of land by the zamindar of Raipur, the zamindar of Kirnahar. • He set up an ashram at the spot that has now come to be called chatim tala at the heart of the town. • The ashram was initially called Brahmacharya Ashram, which was later renamed Brahmacharya Vidyalaya. • It was established with a view to encouraging people from all walks of life to come to the spot and meditate. • In 1901 his youngest son Rabindranath Tagore established a co-educational school inside the premises of the ashram. What makes it special? • Rabindranath Tagore believed in open-air education and had reservations about any teachi...

About Visva-Bharati Founded by the first non-European Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Thākur(popularly known as Tagore) in 1921, Visva-Bharati was declared to be a central university and an institution of national importance by an Act of Parliament in 1951. The President of India is the Paridarsaka (Visitor) of the University, the Governor of West Bengal is the Pradhana (Rector), and the Prime Minister of India acts as the Acharya (Chancellor). The President of India appoints the Upacharya (Vice-chancellor) of the University. A CENTRAL UNIVERSITY In May 1951, Visva-Bharati was declared to be a Central University and "An Institution of National Importance" by an Act of Parliament. It was granted the status of a unitary, teaching and residential university. The status and function of all the major institutions have been redefined in successive Amendments. Acharya (Chancellor) Shri Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India Pradhana (Rector) Dr. C.V. Ananda Bose The Governor of West Bengal Upacharya (Vice-Chancellor) Professor Bidyut Chakrabarty More

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) At 17, Rabindranath sailed to England; it was his father’s (Debendranath Tagore) wish for Rabi to become a barrister there.[Ghosh, B. (2011), “Inside the World of Tagore’s Music”] In 1878, after his matriculation, the 17-year-old Rabindranath Tagore joined briefly to University College London, in 1878, to read law and which he left without a degree.[https://www.ucl.ac.uk/european-languages-culture/news-events/annual-tagore-lecture-series-comparative-literature]. Earlier, he had enrolled at a public school in Brighton, East Sussex, England. In 1880 he returned to Bengal degree-less, resolving to reconcile European novelty with Brahmo traditions, taking the best from each. Then in 1883 he married 10-year-old Mrinalini, which was against the common rule of Brohma Samajis at that time. Keshab Chandra, another Brohma followed the tradition of Devendranath.[Selected Letters of Rabindranath Tagore-Rabindranath Tagore Cambridge University Press, 26-Jun-1997]. Ravi and Mrinalini had five children. In 1901, Tagore founded an experimental school in Shantiniketan where he sought to blend the best of Indian and Western traditions.[https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1913/tagore/facts/].In 1912, Tagore went to USA to spent time with his daughter-in-law and son Rathindranath Tagore (1888-1961) who was a student at the University of Illinois and an active member of the Urbana Unitarian congregation. Tagore’s regular meetings with local Church membe...