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Abanindranath Tagore (1871–1951); Rabindranath’s cousin once removed

Alex Dunedin TSC — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 18:02:49 +0000

Abanindranath was Rabindranath’s nephew and an artist and writer of children’s books. Abanindranath was born at Jorasanko in Kolkata on 7 August 1871 to his father Gunendranath Tagore. He went to Normal School from 1876, then went on to Sanskrit College until 1889. In this year, he married Suhasini Devi (daughter of Bhujagendra Bhusan Chatterjee, […] Read more

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Gaganendranath Tagore (1867 – 1938); Rabindranath’s cousin once removed

Alex Dunedin TSC — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 17:58:31 +0000

Gaganendranath was Rabindranath’s cousin once removed, and the brother of artist Abanindranath. He was one of the earliest modern Indian painters and caricaturist. Gaganendranath Tagore was born at Jorasanko, Kolkata on 18 September 1867. He was the eldest son of Gunendranath Tagore, grandson of Girindranath Tagore and a great-grandson of Prince Dwarkanath Tagore. When he was fourteen, […] Read more

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Indira Devi Chaudhurani (1873 – 1960)

Alex Dunedin TSC — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 17:52:53 +0000

Indira Devi, daughter of Satyendranath Tagore and niece of Rabindranath Tagore, was a singer, writer, translator and activist. Indira Devi, popularly known as Bibidi, was born to Satyendranath Tagore and Jnanandanandinidevi on 29 December 1873 at Bijapur in South India, where her father worked at the time. In 1877 she went to England with her family. Rabindranath joined […] Read more

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Renuka Devi (1890–1904); daughter of Rabindranath

Alex Dunedin TSC — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 17:46:45 +0000

Renuka Devi was one of Rabindranath’s daughters. She died when she was only thirteen years old. According to Kripalani, Tagore was very attached to Renuka (or Rani, as she was called), who “was a remarkable girl with a will of her own”.[1] In 1901, when Renuka was ten and a half years old, her father […] Read more

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Mira Devi (1892-1962); daughter of Rabindranath

Alex Dunedin TSC — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 17:38:01 +0000

Mira Devi (also called Atasi), Rabindranath’s daughter, was born on 12 January 1894. On 6 June 1907, when Mira was thirteen years, she was married to Nagendranath Ganguli (Gangopadhyay). They had a son called Nitindranath (Nitu) (1912- 32), who was Tagore’s only grandson, and a daughter named Nandita, born in 1916. Rabindranath first had had […] Read more

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