![Rabindranath Tagore and Mrinalini Devi with their first child Bela, 1886. Image credit: Ministry of Culture, Government of India](https://scotstagore.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Mrinalini-Devi-2-135x135.png)
Madhurilata (Bela), 1886-1918, daughter of Rabindranath
On 25 October 1886, Rabindranath’s first child Madhurilata, called Bela, was born in Kolkata. Kripalani says that she was beautiful and his “most dearly loved daughter.”[1] Tagore said about her: “my eldest daughter Bela… was exceptionally beautiful in body and mind.”[2] Read more