Swarnakumari Devi
Videos
Swarnakumari Devi, also known as Swarnakumari Tagore, Swarnakumari Ghosal, Svarṇakumārī Debī and Srimati Svarna Kumari Devi, was an Indian Bengali writer, editor, essayist, poet, novelist, playwright,
Swarnakumari Devi
Sketch of Devi c. 1909
Rabindranath Tagore
Videos
Rabindranath Tagore, was a Bengali poet, author, playwright, musician, composer, philosopher, social reformer, painter, and one of the foremost figures of the Bengal Renaissance. In 1913, Tagore becam
Swarnakumari Devi
…as the tenth child to Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi into the Tagore family of Jorasanko, Kolkata in 1855 or 1856. She was the elder sister of Rabindranath Tagore. Her short story Mutiny describes her experience being born just prior to the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857. Swarnakumari and her sisters did not attend…
Autochrome portrait, 1926
Young Tagore in London, 1879
Tagore and his wife Mrinalini Devi, 1883
Tagore's house in Shilaidaha, Bangladesh