Debendranath Tagore: Difference between revisions

From Bharatpedia, an open encyclopedia
>Marcocapelle
 
imported>Billjones94
No edit summary
 
Line 8: Line 8:
| caption            = Portrait of Debendranath Tagore
| caption            = Portrait of Debendranath Tagore
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|df=yes|1817|05|15}}
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|df=yes|1817|05|15}}
| birth_place        = [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal]], [[British India|Bengal Presidency]]<ref>
| birth_place        = [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal]], [[Company rule in India|British India]]<ref>
{{cite book |last1=Chaudhuri |first1= Narayan|title= Maharshi Debendranath Tagore |edition= 2nd|series=Makers of Indian Literature  |year=  2010|orig-year=1973 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |location= New Delhi|isbn= 978-81-260-3010-1|page= 11}}</ref> (now [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]])
{{cite book |last1=Chaudhuri |first1= Narayan|title= Maharshi Debendranath Tagore |edition= 2nd|series=Makers of Indian Literature  |year=  2010|orig-year=1973 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |location= New Delhi|isbn= 978-81-260-3010-1|page= 11}}</ref> (now [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]])
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1905|01|19|1817|05|15}}
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1905|01|19|1817|05|15}}
Line 20: Line 20:


'''Debendranath Tagore''' (15 May 1817 – 19 January 1905) was a Hindu philosopher and religious reformer, active in the [[Brahmo Samaj]] (“Society of Brahma,” also translated as ''Society of God''). He was the founder in 1848 of the [[Brahmo]] religion, which today is synonymous with [[Brahmoism]]. Born in [[Shilaidaha]], his father was the industrialist [[Dwarkanath Tagore]]; he himself had 14 children, many of whom, including Nobel-prize winning poet [[Rabindranath Tagore]], made significant artistic or literary contributions to society.
'''Debendranath Tagore''' (15 May 1817 – 19 January 1905) was a Hindu philosopher and religious reformer, active in the [[Brahmo Samaj]] (“Society of Brahma,” also translated as ''Society of God''). He was the founder in 1848 of the [[Brahmo]] religion, which today is synonymous with [[Brahmoism]]. Born in [[Shilaidaha]], his father was the industrialist [[Dwarkanath Tagore]]; he himself had 14 children, many of whom, including Nobel-prize winning poet [[Rabindranath Tagore]], made significant artistic or literary contributions to society.
== Family history ==
{{See also|Tagore family}}
The original surname of the [[Tagore family|Tagores]] was Kushari. They were [[Bengali Brahmins|Rarhi Brahmins]] and originally belonged to a village named Kush in the district named [[Bardhaman district|Burdwan]] in [[West Bengal]]. The biographer of Rabindranath Tagore, [[Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyaya]] wrote in the first volume of his book ''Rabindrajibani O Rabindra Sahitya Prabeshika'' that,{{Cquote|quote=''The Kusharis were the descendants of Deen Kushari, the son of [[Bhatta Narayana]]; Deen was granted a village named Kush (in [[Bardhaman district|Burdwan]] zilla) by [[Maharaja]] Kshitisura, he became its chief and came to be known as Kushari.''<ref name = "tagore3">Mukhopadhyaya, Prabhatkumar, ''Rabindrajibani o Rabindra Sahitya Prabeshak'', 1985, Visva Bharati, p 3</ref><ref>''On the edges of time (New ed.)'' (December 1978), Tagore, Rathindranath, Greenwood Press. p. 2, {{ISBN|978-0313207600}}</ref><ref>''Timeless Genius'', Mukherjee, Mani Shankar, ''Pravasi Bharatiya''(May 2010), p.  89, 90</ref><ref>''Rabindranath Tagore : Poet And Dramatist''(1948), Thompson, Edward, Oxford University Press. p. 13</ref>}}


==Thakur Bari (House of Tagores)==
==Thakur Bari (House of Tagores)==

Latest revision as of 15:44, 19 July 2021

Debendranath Tagore
Debendranath Tagore.jpg
Portrait of Debendranath Tagore
Born(1817-05-15)15 May 1817
Calcutta, Bengal, British India[1] (now Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
Died19 January 1905(1905-01-19) (aged 87)
Calcutta, Bengal, British India (now Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
NationalityBritish Indian
OccupationReligious reformer
MovementBengal Renaissance
Spouse(s)Sarada Devi
Children14, including Dwijendranath Tagore, Satyendranath Tagore, Hemendranath Tagore, Jyotirindranath Tagore, Rabindranath Tagore, Swarnakumari Tagore

Debendranath Tagore (15 May 1817 – 19 January 1905) was a Hindu philosopher and religious reformer, active in the Brahmo Samaj (“Society of Brahma,” also translated as Society of God). He was the founder in 1848 of the Brahmo religion, which today is synonymous with Brahmoism. Born in Shilaidaha, his father was the industrialist Dwarkanath Tagore; he himself had 14 children, many of whom, including Nobel-prize winning poet Rabindranath Tagore, made significant artistic or literary contributions to society.

Thakur Bari (House of Tagores)[edit]

Debendranath Tagore was born to the Tagore family in Jorasanko, popularly known as Jorasanko Thakur Bari in North-western Kolkata, which was later converted into a campus of the Rabindra Bharati University. The Tagore family, with over three hundred years of history,[2] has been one of the leading families of Calcutta, and is regarded as a key influence during the Bengal Renaissance.[2] The family has produced several persons who have contributed substantially in the fields of business, social and religious reformation, literature, art and music.[2][3]

Upasana Griha, Prayer Hall, built by Debendranath Tagore in 1863, Santiniketan.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Chaudhuri, Narayan (2010) [1973]. Maharshi Debendranath Tagore. Makers of Indian Literature (2nd ed.). New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 11. ISBN 978-81-260-3010-1.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Deb, Chitra, pp 64–65.
  3. ↑ "The Tagores and Society". Rabindra Baharati University. Archived from the original on 26 June 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2007.

External links[edit]

Retrieved from "https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Debendranath_Tagore&oldid=141126"