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Shantiniketan was founded and developed by members of the [[Tagore family]]. It was founded by Debendranath Tagore.<ref name="intro"/> Rabindranath Tagore wrote many of his literary classics at Santiniketan.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://gradestack.com/CBSE-Class-8th-Complete/Civilising-the-Native-/Tagore-s-Santiniketan/14841-2939-2495-study-wtw| title = Tagore's Santiniketan |work=Tagore’s idea of education | publisher = Grade Stak |access-date = 5 August 2019}}</ref> His son, Rathindranath Tagore was one of the first five students at the ''Brahmacharya asrama'' at Santiniketan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.visvabharati.ac.in/RathindranathTagore.html|title=Rathindranath Tagore|website=www.visvabharati.ac.in|access-date=5 August 2019}}</ref> After the death of his father in 1941, Rathindranath took over the burden of all responsibilities at Santiniketan. When Visva Bharati was made a central university in 1951, Rathindranath was appointed its first vice-chancellor.<ref name= | Shantiniketan was founded and developed by members of the [[Tagore family]]. It was founded by Debendranath Tagore.<ref name="intro"/> Rabindranath Tagore wrote many of his literary classics at Santiniketan.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://gradestack.com/CBSE-Class-8th-Complete/Civilising-the-Native-/Tagore-s-Santiniketan/14841-2939-2495-study-wtw| title = Tagore's Santiniketan |work=Tagore’s idea of education | publisher = Grade Stak |access-date = 5 August 2019}}</ref> His son, Rathindranath Tagore was one of the first five students at the ''Brahmacharya asrama'' at Santiniketan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.visvabharati.ac.in/RathindranathTagore.html|title=Rathindranath Tagore|website=www.visvabharati.ac.in|access-date=5 August 2019}}</ref> After the death of his father in 1941, Rathindranath took over the burden of all responsibilities at Santiniketan. When Visva Bharati was made a central university in 1951, Rathindranath was appointed its first vice-chancellor.<ref name=history/><ref name=unesco/> | ||
[[Pratima Devi (painter)|Pratima Devi]], Rathindranath's wife, had active links with Visva Bharati from a very young age. She lived in Santinketan till her death in 1969.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.visvabharati.ac.in/PratimaDevi.html|title=Pratima Devi (1893-1969)|publisher=Visva-Bharati|access-date=4 August 2019}}</ref> | [[Pratima Devi (painter)|Pratima Devi]], Rathindranath's wife, had active links with Visva Bharati from a very young age. She lived in Santinketan till her death in 1969.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.visvabharati.ac.in/PratimaDevi.html|title=Pratima Devi (1893-1969)|publisher=Visva-Bharati|access-date=4 August 2019}}</ref> | ||
Mira Devi, Rabindranath's youngest daughter, after her failed marriage, lived in ''Malancha'' built for her in the Ashrama complex in 1926. She died at Santiniketan in 1969. [[Krishna Kripalani]], husband of Nandita (Buri), daughter of Mira Devi, taught at Santiniketan for nearly 15 years, beginning in 1933. Krishna Kripalani's biography of Tagore was amongst the best written.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://sesquicentinnial.blogspot.com/2013/03/marriage-of-nandita-daughter-of-mira.html| title = Marriage of Nandita (daughter of Mira), granddaughter of Rabindranath | publisher = Smarak Grantha |access-date = 5 August 2019}}</ref | Mira Devi, Rabindranath's youngest daughter, after her failed marriage, lived in ''Malancha'' built for her in the Ashrama complex in 1926. She died at Santiniketan in 1969. [[Krishna Kripalani]], husband of Nandita (Buri), daughter of Mira Devi, taught at Santiniketan for nearly 15 years, beginning in 1933. Krishna Kripalani's biography of Tagore was amongst the best written.<ref name=unesco/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://sesquicentinnial.blogspot.com/2013/03/marriage-of-nandita-daughter-of-mira.html| title = Marriage of Nandita (daughter of Mira), granddaughter of Rabindranath | publisher = Smarak Grantha |access-date = 5 August 2019}}</ref> | ||
[[Dwijendranath Tagore]], Rabindranath's eldest brother, spent the last twenty years of his life at Santiniketan.<ref name="Dutta">Dutta, Hirendranath, ''Santiniketaner Ek Jug'', {{in lang|bn}}, pp27-32, Viswa Bharati Granthan Vighag, {{ISBN|81-7522-329-4}}.</ref> He lived in ''Dwaijaviram'' in the Ashrama complex.<ref name=unesco/> | [[Dwijendranath Tagore]], Rabindranath's eldest brother, spent the last twenty years of his life at Santiniketan.<ref name="Dutta">Dutta, Hirendranath, ''Santiniketaner Ek Jug'', {{in lang|bn}}, pp27-32, Viswa Bharati Granthan Vighag, {{ISBN|81-7522-329-4}}.</ref> He lived in ''Dwaijaviram'' in the Ashrama complex.<ref name=unesco/> | ||