Rabindranath in Calcutta (now Kolkata)
12th January, 1900
Rabindranath is back in Calcutta (now Kolkata) with family.
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Katha
14th January, 1900
The anthology Katha is published which consists of 24 poems including Devatar Gras and Visarjan.
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Composing songs for Maghotsav
January, 1900
Rabindranath, presumably spends the greater part of his time, composing songs for the Maghotsav.
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70th Maghotsav festival
24th January, 1900
70th
Maghotsav festival held. 23 songs of the poet are sung at the festival.
- Mahaviswe mahakashe mahakala
- Tomari namey nayana melinu
- Aaji shuva shubhra pratey
- Raksha karo hey
- Sada thako anande
- Jani hey jabe prabhat
- (Aaji) Pranami tomare chaliba nath
- Diner vichar karo
- Tomari gehe palichha snehe
- Hridi mandira dware baje
- Aaji e Bharata lajjita hey
- Tomari sevak karohe
- Sukhahin nishidin paradhin
- Din jay rey din jay
- Prabhu khelechhi anek khela
- Ke janita tumi dakibe
- Bani taba dhai ananta gaganey
- Kamaney rakhibi tora
- Bhuvan haitey bhuvanbasi
- Bhoy hote taba abhoy majhe
- Ichhha jabe hobe
- Premanande rakha purna amare
- Ami sansare mana diechhinu
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Brahma disciple of Maharshi
26th January, 1900
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Tomari namey nayana melinu
26th January, 1900
On the occasion of 70th Maghotsav, Rabindranath sings – Tomari namey nayana melinu and leads the choir.
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Bharat Sangeet Samaj
4th February, 1900
Rabindranath attends the Saraswat sammelan of the Samaj on the day of Saraswati puja.
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Sudraker Rajsabha
February, 1900
Rabindranath is delighted to see young artist Jaminiprakash Ganguly's oil painting
Sudraker Rajsabha. He writes the famous review article "Kadambari Chitra", published in the
Magh issue of the magazine
Pradip.
Pradip is the first Bengali magazine where painting in halftone block and in tricolor is published.
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Loan from Lokendranath Palit
February, 1900
The poet borrows Rs. 4000/- from
Lokendranath to complete the construction of his house.
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Bangiya Sahitya Parishad
19th February, 1900
Rabindranath attends a special general meeting of the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad.
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Karna-Kunti Sambad
26th February, 1900
The poet writes this famous poem Karna-Kunti Sambad after a long lull.
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Again takes loan from Lokendranath
5th March, 1900
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Kahini
7th March, 1900
Publishes the next book of poems – Kahini and dedicates it to Radhakishore Dev Manikya, maharaja of Tripura.
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Jagadish Chandra praises the hospitality by Mrinalini Devi
10th March, 1900
Jagadish Chandra goes to Shilaidaha on a short visit and after his return to Kolkata writes a letter copiously praising the hospitality extended to him by
Mrinalini and their serene, quiet yet active life far from the tumult of the city.
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Chirakumar Sabha
March, 1900
Nudged by Sarala Devi – editor of Bharati, Rabindranath starts writing this play.
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Bharati
March, 1900
The Chaitra issue carries two poems by Rabindranath -- Chaitrarajani and Vasanta.
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Poem
March, 1900
Writes the poem Baisakh which is printed in the Baisakh (April-May) issue of Bharati.
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Kshanika
April, 1900
Shoots off at least nine letters to the printer in April, urging him to speed up printing though the anthology will ultimately see the light of day much later.
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Funds for Jagadish Chandra
1900
In his efforts to raise much needed funds for
Jagadish Chandra's proposed laboratory and forthcoming journey to England, Rabindranath persuades Radhakishore Manikya – maharaja of Tripura to help and the latter agrees to help generously.
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Kalpana
5th May, 1900
The anthology Kalpana is published that contains 50 poems and songs.
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Sambaran
15th May, 1900
Writes Sambaran in Shilaidaha.
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Attends first monthly meeting of Bangiya Sahitya Parishad
20th May, 1900
Rabindranath arrives at Calcutta (now Kolkata), attends the first monthly meeting of the
Bangiya Sahitya Parishad in the new year presided over by
Satyendranath.
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Darjeeling
21st May, 1900
Leaves for Darjeeling.
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Sthai-asthai
21st May, 1900
Rabindranath writes Sthai-asthai on train when he is on his way to Darjeeling.
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Kshanek Dekha
22nd May, 1900
Writes Kshanek Dekha in Darjeeling.
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Spent 10 days in the hills
29th May, 1900
Having spent 10 days in the hills in the company of
Jagadish Chandra, Rabindranath returns to Calcutta (now Kolkata).
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Bharat Sangeet Samaj
30th May, 1900
Attends a session of Bharat Sangeet Samaj.
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Dui Bon
1st June, 1900
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Ashad
2nd June, 1900
Writes Ashad.
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Navabarsha
2nd June, 1900
Writes Navabarsha.
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Viraha and Akale
3rd June, 1900
Writes Viraha and Akale.
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Bilambita
8th June, 1900
Writes Bilambita.
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Chirayamana
9th June, 1900
Writes Chirayamana.
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Meghamukta
9th June, 1900
Writes Meghamukta.
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Kalyani
10th June, 1900
Writes Kalyani.
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Sukhdukha
13th June, 1900
Writes Sukhdukha.
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Bhartsana
13th June, 1900
Writes Bhartsana.
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Khela
14th June, 1900
Writes Khela.
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Durdin
15th June, 1900
Writes Durdin.
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Avinay
15th June, 1900
Writes Avinay.
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Kritartha
16th June, 1900
Writes Kritartha.
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Antaratama
17th June, 1900
Writes Antaratama.
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Krishnakali
18th June, 1900
Writes Krishnakali.
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Karmaphal
19th June, 1900
Writes Karmaphal.
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Kabi
20th June, 1900
Writes Kabi.
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Abirbhav
24th June, 1900
Writes Abirbhav.
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Kshanika
26th July, 1900
The anthology
Kshanika is published, dedicated to
Lokendranath Palit. Also gifts copies of the book to Sureshchandra Samajpati, Nagendranath Gupta,
Dineshchandra Sen and Chandranath Basu.
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Bridegroom for Madhurilata
26th July, 1900
The poet starts looking for a suitable bridegroom for his eldest daughter
Madhurilata (Bela) who's hardly fourteen years of age at this time.
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Son of Biharilal Chakraborty is chosen
26th July, 1900
As Rabindranath starts looking for a suitable bridegroom for his eldest daughter Madhurilata, his friend
Priyanath Sen suggests that Saratkumar, third son of the well-known poet Biharilal Chakrabarty is a very suitable boy. Rabindranath agrees. They'll get married next year.
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Acquaintance of Brahmabandhab
26th July, 1900
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Deen Dan
4th August, 1900
Writes the poem Deen Dan.
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Visits Lokendranath Palit at Khulna
August, 1900
Rabindranath goes to Khulna to see
Lokendranath who's the district magistrate there.
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The World-Poet of Bengal
1st September, 1900
Praises Rabindranath as a poet of the tallest stature in an editorial under the title 'The World-Poet of Bengal' in the weekly Sophia edited by him.
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Success of Jagadish Chandra at The International Congress of Physicists
10th September, 1900
Jagadish Chandra Bose writes Rabindranath from England, giving glad tidings of his historic success at The International Congress of Physicists held in Paris.
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Galpaguchha
17th September, 1900
Galpaguchha, the collection of Rabindranath's short stories (1st volume) published. Contains 32 stories.
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Tries to learn French
September, 1900
Tries to learn French using a French grammar, then gives up the effort.
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Reads Tolstoy
October, 1900
Reads Leo Tolstoy's What is Art.
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Goes to Allahabad to bring Sahana
31st October, 1900
Rabindranath goes to Allahabad to bring his nephew
Balendranath's widow Sahana back to Calcutta (now Kolkata).
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Nivedita
November, 1900
In England,
Nivedita translates Kabuliwala,
Chhuti and
Dan Pratidan into English at Jagadish Chandra's request. In the chequered history of the translation of Tagore literature into other languages, particularly English, Nivedita is the first translator of Rabindranath's short stories.
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Return to Kolkata
3rd November, 1900
The poet returns to Calcutta (now Kolkata) with Sahana.
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Muslim Chhatrader Bangla Siksha
November, 1900
Rabindranath writes the important article Muslim Chhatrader Bangla Siksha in the Kartik issue of the magazine Bharati which gives a glimpse of his eminently liberal approach to the issue.
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Visits Bharat Sangeet Samaj
18th November, 1900
Rabindranath is in Calcutta (now Kolkata), visits the Bharat Sangeet Samaj which is carrying on rehearsals for performing his famous play Visarjan in December.
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Letter to Mrinalini
17th December, 1900
It's a
wonderful letter and reads, "Do I have no right to the state of your mind in the evenings? Am I only for the day? Do you think my eyes too veer away from your mind the moment the sun sets?.."
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Naibedya
17th December, 1900
The poems later collected in the Naibedya are now coming thick and fast. In the same letter he adds,"…Just managed to scribble two Naibedya poems in the bathroom."
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Poush Utsav at Santiniketan
22nd December, 1900
Rabindranath is in Santiniketan, attends the annual Brahma festival or Poush Utsav, reads the essay Brahmamantra.
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Visarjan
27th December, 1900
Bharat Sangeet Samaj performs the play Visarjan in honour of the Maharaja of Tripura.
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Raghupati
27th December, 1900
Bharat Sangeet Samaj performs the play Visarjan in honour of the Maharaja of Tripura. Rabindranath himself plays Raghupati.
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Poem of Naibedya at Shilaidaha
31st December, 1900
Rabindranath spends the last days of the parting year in Shilaidaha. Most probably writes here the poem Naibedya which begins, "The sun of the century sinks today behind blood-dimmed clouds."
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