Kabi Kahini [Tale of a Poet] is published
Rabindranath Tagore’s first collection Kabi Kahini [Tale of a Poet] is published in 1878. Kabi-Kahini is a poetry book written in Bengali when Rabindranath was the age of 16. Read more
“Bhikharini” [The Beggar Woman] Published
Rabindranath starts writing short stories. The first one, published in 1877, is “Bhikharini” [The Beggar Woman]. The story was first published in 1877 in Bharati and was the first short story written in Bengali language. This was also Tagore’s own first short story, and he was 16 years old at the time of its publication. Read more
First Literary Criticism
Rabindranath Tagore receives his first literary criticism on a book of Bengali poems, entitled ‘Bhuban Mohini Pratibha”, which is published in Jnanankur.
First acting role
In 1877 Rabindranath Tagore acts on stage for the first time. He plays the principal role of a comedy written by his brother Jyotirindranath. He plays Valmiki in Valmii Pratibha. Read more
Ahmedabad and Bombay
In 1877 and 1878 Rabindranath Tagore spends eighteen months in Ahmedabad and Bombay, where he studies English and lives as ward of his elder brother Satyendranath. Read more