| Full Name |
Rabindranath Tagore |
| Date of Birth |
7 May 1861 |
| Place of Birth |
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Date of Death |
7 August 1941 |
| Place of Death |
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Citizenship / Country of Residence |
British India |
| Education |
Largely self-taught, briefly attended University College London |
| Profession |
Poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, painter |
| Years of Activity |
1877-1941 |
| Brief Information |
Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali literature and music. He became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. His compositions include the national anthems of India and Bangladesh. |