RABINDRANATH TAGORE

7 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT RABINDRANATH TAGORE 

• THE NAME AKASHVANI TO INDIA RADIO BROADCAST WAS GIVEN BY RABINDRANATH TAGORE

• THE ONE WHO CALLED GANDHIJI AS MAHATHMA FOR THE FIRST TIME IS RABINDRANATH TAGORE

• FOUNDER OF VISHWABHARTI UNIVERSITY

• THE WRITER OF TWO NATIONAL ANTHEMS( INDIA'S 'JANA GANA MANA' AND BANGLADESH'S 'AMAR SONA BANGLA')

• FIRST NOBEL PRIZE WINNER TO BE IN AN INDIAN POSTAL STAMP

• FIRST ASIAN TO WIN NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE

• FIRST INDIAN TO RECEIVE THE ROYALTY FROM THE SALE OF GRAMOPHONE RECORDS

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