Tagore (name)

Tagore (the anglicised form of the Bengali title Thakur. Bengali: ঠাকুর) is the name of a prominent Bengali family of intellectuals, writers and artists, generally known as the Tagore family.

Tagore may refer to–

People

Jorasanko branch of the Tagore family

• Dwarkanath Tagore (1794–1846), businessman and aristocrat, called Prince by the foreigners for his lavish life style
• Ramanath Tagore (1801 – 1877), prominent social figure associated with British Indian Association and Hindu Mela
• Debendranath Tagore (1817–1905), Brahmoism founder
• Dwijendranath Tagore (1840–1926), poet, philosopher, writer, musician, pioneer in Bengali shorthand and musical notations
• Ganendranath Tagore (1841 – 1869), theatre personality, musician, founder of Jorasanko Natyashala and Hindu Mela
• Satyendranath Tagore (1842–1923), musician, reformer, and the first Indian to join the ICS in 1863
• Hemendranath Tagore (1844–1884), nationalist, yogi, founder of Adi Dharm the successor religion to Brahmoism
• Jyotirindranath Tagore (1849–1925), theatre personality, musician
• Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), poet, philosopher, playwright, author, musician, artist, reformer, educationist and the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in 1913. Known for developing the Indian National Anthem, Jana Gana Mana and the Bangladeshi National Anthem, Amar Shonar Bangla.
• Gaganendranath Tagore (1867–1938), artist, pioneer of ink and brush work in India, cartoonist
• Abanindranath Tagore (1871–1951), developed Indian style of painting, first Indian artist to gain international recognition

Pathuriaghata branch of the Tagore family

• Prasanna Coomar Tagore (1801–1886), Lawyer, who donated money to University of Calcutta to create an endowment for Tagore Professorship of Law. Drafted the Trust deed of Brahmo Sabha along with his cousin Dwarakanath.
• Gnanendramohan Tagore (1826–1890), first Asian to be called to the English bar in 1862
• Jatindramohan Tagore (1831–1908), theatre enthusist, art-lover, and philanthropist

Women of the Tagore family

• Swarnakumari Devi (1855–1932), first woman novelist amongst Bengali people

Instutitutions/ Organisations etc. linked to the Tagores

• Adi Dharm, the first development of Brahmoism and includes those Sadharan Brahmo Samajists who were reintegrated into Brahmoism after the 2nd schism of 1878 at the instance of Hemendranath Tagore
• Brahmo Samaj, the societal component of the Brahmo religion which is mainly practiced today as the Adi Dharm after its eclipse in Bengal consequent to the exit of the Tattwabodini Sabha from its ranks in 1859
• Hindu Mela
• Jorasanko, a neighbourhood in north Kolkata. It is so called because of the two (jora) wooden or bamboo bridges (sanko) that spanned a small stream at this point
• Jorasanko Thakur Bari, (Bengali: House of the Thakurs (anglicised to Tagore) in Jorasanko, north of Kolkata, West Bengal, India is the ancestral home of the Tagore family
• Pathuriaghata, a neighbourhood in north Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal
• Rabindra Bharati University, a university in Kolkata, India
• Rabindra Sangeet, songs written and composed by Rabindranath Tagore. It has distinctive characteristics in the music of Bengal, popular in India and Bangladesh. . "Sangeet" means music, "Rabindra Sangeet" means Songs of Rabindra
• Rabindra Nritya Natya, the term given to the three dance-dramas composed by Bengal's poet laureate Rabindranath Tagore: Chitrangada, Chandalika and Shyama
• Santiniketan
• Shelaidaha
• Vangiya Sahitya Parishad, a literary society in Bengal. Established during the time of the Raj, its goal is to promote Bengali literature, both by translating works in other languages to Bengali and promoting the production of original Bengali literature
• Visva-Bharati University, a public central university located Santiniketan, West Bengal

Other usages

• Tagore (film), a 2003 "Tollywood" feature film starring Chiranjeevi