Rabindra Jayanti

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{{short description|Commemorating the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2025}}
{{Infobox holiday
|holiday_name = Rabindra Jayanti
|type = Bengali festival
|image = Rabindranath Tagore in 1909.jpg
|imagesize = 150px
|caption = [[Rabindranath Tagore]]
|observedby = [[Bengalis]]
|date = 25th day of [[Boishakh]]
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|duration = 1 day
|frequency = Annually
|date2018 = Wednesday, 9 May May<ref>[http://www.officeholidays.com/countries/india/west_bengal/2018.php Rabindra Jayanti 2018] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509012928/https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/india/west_bengal/2018.php |date=2018-05-09 }} ''officeholidays.com''</ref>
|date2019 = Thursday, 9 May May<ref>[http://www.officeholidays.com/countries/india/west_bengal/2019.php Rabindra Jayanti 2019] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509075602/https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/india/west_bengal/2019.php |date=2018-05-09 }} ''officeholidays.com''</ref>
|date2020 = Friday, 8 May May<ref>[http://www.officeholidays.com/countries/india/west_bengal/2020.php Rabindra Jayanti 2020] ''officeholidays.com''</ref>
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'''Rabindra Jayanti''' or '''Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti''' is an annually celebrated cultural festival, prevalent among Tagorephiles (people who love Tagore and his works) around the world, in remembrance of [[Rabindranath Tagore]]'s birthday anniversary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/news/bengal-celebrates-rabindra-jayanti-news-culture-mfitOgfeiaesi.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701142618/http://www.sify.com/news/bengal-celebrates-rabindra-jayanti-news-culture-mfitOgfeiaesi.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 July 2016 |title=Bengal celebrates Rabindra Jayanti|website=[[Sify]]|date=8 May 2012 | access-date= 3 February 2016}}</ref> In all over India, it is celebrated on the 7th of May, and in the Indian state [[West Bengal]] and [[Bangladesh]], it is celebrated in early May, on the 25th day of the [[Bengali calendar#Months|Bengali month]] of [[Boishakh]], since Tagore was born on this day of the year 1268 of the [[Bengali calendar]] (1861 AD).<ref name="Anita2009">{{cite book|author=Arathoon Anita|title=Introducing History And Civics 3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJff89IoRWcC&pg=PT52|date=1 September 2009|publisher=Pearson Education India|isbn=978-81-317-3018-8|page=52}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2022: Date, importance and significance of the day |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/rabinadranath-tagore-jayanti-2022-date-importance-significance-7902945/ |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=The Indian Express |date=8 May 2022 |language=en |archive-date=2022-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508222505/https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/rabinadranath-tagore-jayanti-2022-date-importance-significance-7902945/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Business Standard Mobile Offers When is Rabindranath Jayanti? -May 7 |url=https://wap.business-standard.com/amp/about/when-is-rabindranath-jayanti |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=wap.business-standard.com |language=en |archive-date=2022-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511050733/https://wap.business-standard.com/amp/about/when-is-rabindranath-jayanti |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=When is Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2021? |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/what's-hot/story/when-is-rabindranath-tagore-jayanti-2021-1799787-2021-05-07 |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=India Today |language=en |archive-date=2022-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509035333/https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/lifestyle/what-s-hot/story/when-is-rabindranath-tagore-jayanti-2021-1799787-2021-05-07 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-07 |title=Nōbēlajaẏīkē śrad'dhārghya'dya nōbēla prā'ija'- ēra! Kabigurura janmabārṣikītē ṭu'iṭa |script-title=bn:নোবেলজয়ীকে শ্রদ্ধার্ঘ্য 'দ্য নোবেল প্রাইজ'- এর! কবিগুরুর জন্মবার্ষিকীতে টুইট |trans-title='The Nobel Prize' pays tribute to Nobel laureate! Tweet on poet's birth anniversary |url=https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/nation-and-world/rabindranath-tagore-jayanti-2022-the-nobel-prize-celebrates-gurudev-s-birth-anniversary-on-7-th-may-31651912798455.html |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=Hindustantimes Bangla |language=bn |archive-date=2022-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509040307/https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/nation-and-world/rabindranath-tagore-jayanti-2022-the-nobel-prize-celebrates-gurudev-s-birth-anniversary-on-7-th-may-31651912798455.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Āja pam̐ciśē baiśākha |script-title=bn:আজ পঁচিশে বৈশাখ |trans-title=Today is the twenty-fifth of Baishakh |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9C-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%96 |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=Prothomalo |language=bn |archive-date=2022-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509040545/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9C-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%96 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kabigurura 160tama janmajaẏantī āja |script-title=bn:কবিগুরুর ১৬০তম জন্মজয়ন্তী আজ |trans-title=Today is the 160th birth anniversary of the poet |url=https://www.jugantor.com/todays-paper/last-page/419325/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AC%E0%A7%A6%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9C |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=Jugantor |language=en |archive-date=2022-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509040836/https://www.jugantor.com/todays-paper/last-page/419325/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AC%E0%A7%A6%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9C |url-status=live }}</ref> Every year, numerous cultural programmes and events, such as: ''Kabipranam'' – 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 of Rabindranath Tagore|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.<ref>5 Rupees Coin of 2011 - 150 Birth Anniversary- Rabindranath Tagore, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr5hokjmI2k {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406093205/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr5hokjmI2k |date=2017-04-06 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of festivals in West Bengal]]
* [[List of festivals in Bangladesh]]

==References==
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==External links==

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