https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Jyotirindranath_Tagore Jyotirindranath Tagore - Revision history 2026-07-31T14:03:33Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.4 https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Jyotirindranath_Tagore&diff=449267&oldid=prev CleanupBot at 04:08, 22 March 2026 2026-03-22T04:08:10Z <p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Bengali playwright, musician, editor, and painter (1849–1925)}}<br /> {{Notability|bio|date=January 2026}}<br /> {{Use British English|date=January 2026}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}}<br /> {{Infobox person<br /> | name = Jyotirindranath Tagore<br /> | image = Jyotirindranath Tagore Headshot.webp<br /> | image_size =<br /> | caption = Jyotirindranath Tagore c.1867<br /> | birth_date = 4 May 1849<br /> | birth_place = Mechuabazar, [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br /> | death_date = 4 March 1925 (aged 75)<br /> | death_place = Ranchi, Bengal Presidency, British India<br /> | occupation = Playwright, musician, editor, painter<br /> | spouse = [[Kadambari Devi]]<br /> | parents = [[Debendranath Tagore]]&lt;br /&gt;Sarada Sundari Devi<br /> | relatives = [[Indira Devi Chaudhurani]] (niece), [[Dwijendranath Tagore|Dwijendranath]], [[Satyendranath Tagore|Satyendranath]], [[Hemendranath Tagore|Hemendranath]], [[Swarnakumari Devi|Swarnakumari]], [[Rabindranath Tagore]] (siblings), +9 others<br /> | family = [[Tagore family]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Jyotirindranath Tagore&#039;&#039;&#039; (4 May 1849 – 4 March 1925) was a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] playwright, musician, editor, and painter.&lt;ref name = &quot;Banglapedia&quot;&gt;{{cite book |last=Ahmed |first=Wakil |year=2012 |chapter=Tagore, Jyotirindranath |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Tagore,_Jyotirindranath |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}&lt;/ref&gt; He played a major role in the flowering of the talents of his younger brother, the first non-European Nobel Prize winner, [[Rabindranath Tagore]].&lt;ref name = &quot;Bandopadhyay&quot;&gt;Bandopadhyay, Hiranmay, &#039;&#039;Thakurbarir Katha&#039;&#039;, {{in lang|bn}}, pp. 106–113, Sishu Sahitya Sansad.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Works==<br /> * Historical plays: &#039;&#039;Purubikram&#039;&#039; (1874), &#039;&#039;Sarojini&#039;&#039; (1875), &#039;&#039;Ashrumati&#039;&#039; (Woman in tears, 1879), &#039;&#039;Swapnamayi&#039;&#039; (Lady of Dream, 1882).<br /> * Satirical plays: &#039;&#039;Kinchit Jalajog&#039;&#039; (Some Refreshments, 1873), &#039;&#039;Eman Karma Ar Korbo Na&#039;&#039; (I will never do such a thing again 1877), &#039;&#039;Hathath Nabab&#039;&#039; (Suddenly Rich, 1884), &#039;&#039;Alik Babu&#039;&#039; (Strange Man, 1900).<br /> * Translations: [[Kālidāsa|Kalidas&#039;s]] &#039;&#039;[[Abhijñānaśākuntalam]]&#039;&#039; (The Recognition of Shakuntala) and &#039;&#039;Malati Madhava&#039;&#039; (Malati and Madhava); Sudrak&#039;s &#039;&#039;Mrichhatika&#039;&#039; (Little Clay Cart); [[Marcus Aurelius]]&#039; &#039;&#039;[[Meditations]]&#039;&#039;, [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare&#039;s]] &#039;&#039;[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]&#039;&#039;; [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak]]&#039;s &#039;&#039;[[Gita rahasya|Gita Rahasya]]&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> ==Family tree==<br /> {{main|Tagore family#Family tree}}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==Further reading==<br /> * {{cite book |last=Bandopadhyay |first=Hiranmoy |date=1960 |script-title=bn:ঠাকুরবাড়ির কথা (Thakurbarir Katha) |trans-title=About Thakurbari |language=Bengali |location=Kolkata |publisher=Shishu Sahitya Samsad |pages=106–113}}<br /> * {{cite book |last=Chaudhurani |first=Indira Devi |author-link=Indira Devi Chaudhurani |editor-last=Das |editor-first=Anathnath |date=2001 |script-title=bn:স্মৃতি সম্পাৎ (Smriti Samput) |trans-title=A Casket of Memories |volume=1 |language=Bengali |location=Santiniketan |publisher=Ravindra Bhavana |page=29 |isbn=}}<br /> * {{cite book |last=Deb |first=Chitra |author-link=Chitra Deb |editor-last=Chaudhur |editor-first=Sukanta |editor-link=Sukanta Chaudhuri |date=1995 |title=Calcutta: the Living City |volume=1 |chapter=Jorasanko and the Thakur Family |location=Kolkata |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=66 |isbn=0-19-563696-1}}<br /> * {{cite book |last=Ghosh |first=Tapobrata |editor-last=Chaudhur |editor-first=Sukanta |editor-link=Sukanta Chaudhuri |date=1995 |title=Calcutta: the Living City |volume=2 |chapter=Literature and Literaray Life in Calcutta |location=Kolkata |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=224 |isbn=019563697X}}<br /> * {{cite book |last=Ghosh |first=Siddhartha |editor-last=Chaudhur |editor-first=Sukanta |editor-link=Sukanta Chaudhuri |date=1995 |title=Calcutta: the Living City |volume=1 |chapter=Calcutta&#039;s Industrial Archaeology |location=Kolkata |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=250 |isbn=0-19-563696-1}}<br /> * {{cite book |last=Mitra |first=Rajyeshwar |editor-last=Chaudhur |editor-first=Sukanta |editor-link=Sukanta Chaudhuri |date=1995 |title=Calcutta: the Living City |volume=1 |chapter=Music in Old Calcutta |location=Kolkata |publisher=Oxford University Press |pages=184–185 |isbn=0-19-563696-1}}<br /> * {{cite encyclopedia |editor1-last=Sengupta |editor1-first=Subodh Chandra |editor2-last=Basu |editor2-first=Anjali |year=1976 |script-title=bn:জ্যোতিরিন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর |trans-title=Jyotirindranath Tagore |script-encyclopedia=bn:সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান |encyclopedia=Saṃsada bāṅāli caritābhidhāna |trans-encyclopedia=Parliament Bengali Biographical Dictionary |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.454299/page/n182/mode/1up |language=bn |volume=1 |edition=1st |location=Kolkata |publisher=Sahitya Samsad |oclc=18245961 |pages=175–176}}<br /> <br /> {{Bengal Renaissance}}<br /> {{Tagore family}}<br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Tagore, Jyotirindranath}}<br /> [[Category:1849 births]]<br /> [[Category:1925 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:Hindu School, Kolkata alumni]]<br /> [[Category:Presidency University, Kolkata alumni]]<br /> [[Category:Brahmos]]<br /> [[Category:People from Ranchi]]<br /> [[Category:Tagore family|Jyotirindranath]]<br /> [[Category:Bangiya Sahitya Parishat]]<br /> [[Category:19th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights]]<br /> [[Category:20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights]]<br /> [[Category:Dramatists and playwrights from West Bengal]]<br /> [[Category:Indian male dramatists and playwrights]]<br /> [[Category:19th-century Indian male artists]]<br /> [[Category:20th-century Indian male artists]]<br /> [[Category:Artists from Kolkata]]<br /> [[Category:Musicians from Jharkhand]]<br /> [[Category:Musicians from Kolkata]]<br /> [[Category:19th-century Indian painters]]<br /> [[Category:20th-century Indian painters]]<br /> [[Category:Indian male painters]]<br /> [[Category:19th-century Indian translators]]<br /> [[Category:Translators to Bengali]]<br /> [[Category:19th-century Indian male writers]]<br /> [[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]<br /> [[Category:Bengali writers]]<br /> [[Category:Writers from Kolkata]]<br /> [[Category:Indian editorial cartoonists]]<br /> [[Category:Translators of Kalidasa]]</div> CleanupBot