Rabindra Jayanti

Rabindra Jayanti (রবীন্দ্র জয়ন্তী) is an annually celebrated cultural festival, prevalent among Tagorephiles (people who love Tagore and his works) around the world, in the remembrance of Rabindranath Tagore's birthday anniversary.[1] It is celebrated in early May, on the 25th day of the Bengali month of Boishakh (২৫শে বৈশাখ), since Tagore was born on this day of the year 1268 (২৫শে বৈশাখ, ১২৬৮) of the Bengali calendar (1861 AD).[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Every year, numerous cultural programmes and events, such as: Kabipranam (কবিপ্রণাম) – the songs (Rabindra Sangeet), poetries, dances and dramas, written and composed by Tagore, are organised in this particular day, by various schools, colleges and universities in Bengal, and is also celebrated by different groups abroad, as a tribute to Tagore and his works. Throughout the globe, Tagore's birth anniversary is largely celebrated at Santiniketan, Birbhum in West Bengal, chiefly in Visva-Bharati University, the institution founded by Tagore himself for the cultural, social and educational upliftment of the students as well as the society. In 2011, the Government of India issued a five-rupee coin to mark the 150th anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore's birth.[9]

Rabindra Jayanti
Rabindranath Tagore
Official nameরবীন্দ্র জয়ন্তী
Also called২৫শে বৈশাখ
Observed byBengalis
TypeBengali festival
Date25th day of Boishakh
FrequencyAnnually

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References
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  2. Arathoon Anita (1 September 2009). Introducing History And Civics 3. Pearson Education India. p. 52. ISBN 978-81-317-3018-8.
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  9. 5 Rupees Coin of 2011 - 150 Birth Anniversary- Rabindranath Tagore, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr5hokjmI2k Archived 2017-04-06 at the Wayback Machine
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