Tagore

                                   Tagore produced a massive amount of literature in the Bengali language. His works includes numerous novels , short stories , collection of songs, dance -drama , political and personal essays. Some prominent examples are GITANJALI (song offering) ,Gora (fair face).

Tagore was knighted in 1995 but he returned the title in 1919 to protest the JALIAWALA BAGH MASSACRE . He was internationalist in sprit , stressing the need for the dialogue between the world's diverse cultures. Much of the last 25 years of his life was spent in lecture tours abroad . Yet in the same period he produced 21 collections of writings .

He died in Culcutta on Aug 7 , 1941.