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He became Asia's first Nobel laureate <ref name="urlRabindranath Tagore Winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature">{{cite web |url=http://almaz.com/nobel/literature/1913a.html |title=Rabindranath Tagore Winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref> when he won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature. | He became Asia's first Nobel laureate <ref name="urlRabindranath Tagore Winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature">{{cite web |url=http://almaz.com/nobel/literature/1913a.html |title=Rabindranath Tagore Winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref> when he won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature. | ||
He was born on May 07, 1861 and died on August 07, 1941. | He was born on May 07, 1861 and died on August 07, 1941. His birthday is widely celebrated as [[Rabindra Jayanti]] by all [[Bangla]] speaking people on the Bengali date of ''25th of Boisakh''. | ||
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Rabindranath Tagore, commonly referred to as Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo religionist , visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer who has been a pioneer for modern Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He became Asia's first Nobel laureate [1] when he won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature.
He was born on May 07, 1861 and died on August 07, 1941. His birthday is widely celebrated as Rabindra Jayanti by all Bangla speaking people on the Bengali date of 25th of Boisakh.