Rabindranath Tagore

Gitanjali; wrote national anthems of India & Bangladesh

Born 1861 🇮🇳 India 1913

🎨 Known For

Gitanjali — Nobel Prize in Literature (1913); first non-European winner

Wrote the national anthems of both India (Jana Gana Mana) and Bangladesh

Founded Visva-Bharati University; painted 2,000+ paintings after age 60

First non-European Nobel laureate in Literature (1913)