Tagore

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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.

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.
• 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.

People - 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 philanthrophist.

People - women of the Tagore family

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

Instutitutions/ Organisations etc. linked to the Tagores

• Adi Dharm
• Brahmo Samaj
• Hindu Mela
• Jorasanko
• Jorasanko Thakur Bari
• Pathuriaghata
• Rabindra Bharati University
• Rabindra Sangeet
• Rabindra Nritya Natya
• Santiniketan
• Shilaidaha
• Vangiya Sahitya Parishad
• Visva-Bharati University

Other usages

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

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