Early Life and Education Rabindranath Tagore was born on 7 May 1861 in the culturally rich Jorasanko Thakur Bari in Calcutta (now Kolkata). Born into the prestigious Tagore family , he was the youngest of thirteen children. His father, Debendranath Tagore , was a noted philosopher and one of the founders of the Brahmo Samaj, while his mother, Sarada Devi , passed away when Rabindranath was young. Despite growing up in a progressive household, Tagore’s schooling was unconventional. He disliked the rigidity of formal education and found comfort in nature, literature, and music. At age 17, he was sent to England to study law but returned within a year, choosing literature and philosophy over a legal career. His early poems began appearing under the pseudonym "Bhanusimha" when he was just 16. Literary and Creative Career The Rise of a Literary Legend Tagore’s literary journey began with poetry , but his genius soon extended to short stories, plays, novels, essays, and songs ...