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Tagore (the anglicised form of the Bengali title Thakur) is the name of a prominent Bengali family of intellectuals, writers and artists, generally known as the Tagore family.

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Tagore may refer to: Peoples..

Jorasanko branch of the Tagore family

  • Abanindranath Tagore (1871–1951), artist
  • Debendranath Tagore (1817–1905), Brahmoism founder
  • Dwarkanath Tagore (1794–1846), businessman and aristocrat
  • Dwijendranath Tagore (1840–1926), writer, musician, and pioneer in Bengali shorthand and musical notations
  • Gaganendranath Tagore (1867–1938), artist
  • Ganendranath Tagore (1841 – 1869), musician and founder of Jorasanko Natyashala
  • Hemendranath Tagore (1844–1884), nationalist, yogi, founder of Adi Dharm
  • Jyotirindranath Tagore (1849–1925), musician
  • Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), writer, performer, the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in 1913. Composed the Indian and Bangladeshi national anthems
  • Ramanath Tagore (1801 – 1877), social figure associated with British Indian Association
  • Satyendranath Tagore (1842–1923), musician, reformer, and the first Indian to join the ICS in 1863
  • Swarnakumari Devi (1855–1932), female novelist

    • Pathuriaghata branch of the Tagore family

  • Gnanendramohan Tagore (1826–1890), first Asian to be called to the English bar in 1862
  • Jatindramohan Tagore (1831–1908), philanthropist
  • Prasanna Coomar Tagore (1801–1886), lawyer

    • Instutitutions/ Organisations etc. linked to the Tagores

  • Adi Dharm, a religion
  • Brahmo Samaj, the societal component of the Brahmo religion
  • Jorasanko, a neighbourhood in north Kolkata
  • Jorasanko Thakur Bari, (Bengali: House of the Thakurs) in Jorasanko, north of Kolkata
  • Pathuriaghata, a neighbourhood in north Kolkata
  • Rabindra Bharati University, a university in Kolkata
  • Rabindra Nritya Natya, dramas composed by Rabindranath Tagore
  • Rabindra Sangeet, songs composed by Rabindranath Tagore
  • Vangiya Sahitya Parishad, a literary society in Bengal
  • Visva-Bharati University, a university in Santiniketan, West Bengal

    • Other usages

  • Tagore (film), a 2003 Tollywood film starring Chiranjeevi

    • References

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