Jyotirindranath Tagore (1849–1925), brother of Rabindranath
Jyotirindranath was a playwright, a musician and composer, an editor and scholar, and a painter. Jyotirindranath was born in Jorosanko, Calcutta, in 1849. He was primarily taught at home by his elder brother Hemendranath. At first he studied for Fine Arts but was then attracted to theatre and left his studies to practice and stage dramas at home. His cousin Ganendranath had established the Jorasanko Natyasala in 1865. Read more
