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'''Rabindra Jayanti''' (রবীন্দ্র জয়ন্তী) is an annually celebrated cultural festival, prevalent among Tagorephiles (people who love Tagore and his works) around the world, in the 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|publisher=Sify|date=8 May 2012 | access-date= 3 February 2016}}</ref> It is celebrated in early May, on the 25th day of the [[Bengali calendar#Months|Bengali month]] of [[Boishakh]] (২৫শে বৈশাখ), since Tagore was born on this day of the year 1268 (1861 AD) (২৫শে বৈশাখ, ১২৬৮) of the [[Bengali calendar]].<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> Every year, numerous cultural programmes & events, such as : ''Kabipranam'' (কবিপ্রণাম) – the songs ([[Rabindra Sangeet]]), poetries, dances and dramas, written and composed by Tagore, are organised in this particular day, by various schools, colleges & universities of [[Bengal]], and 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. Government of India Issued 5 Rupees coin in 2011 to mark the 150 Birth Anniversary in the honor of Rabindranath Tagore.<ref>5 Rupees Coin of 2011 - 150 Birth Anniversary- Rabindranath Tagore, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr5hokjmI2k</ref>