Rabisarani

At a meeting assembled in the hall of City College, Mirzapur St. Calcutta (now Kolkata), Rabindranath reads his essay Rammohan Roy - his first considerable discourse on the subject.

All the three Brahmo groups (Samaj) assemble for prayers at Maghotsav.

After his appointment as Secretary of Adi Brahmo Samaj, Rabindranath composes 32 Brahmo songs in four months.

From April 1885, Balak edited by Gyanadanandini Devi is published. Rabindranath is a major contributor, fills its pages with varied literary outpourings.

In the course of a year (1885-86) Rabindranath publishes in this monthly magazine poems, letters, articles, charades, Mukut (a novelette) and Rajarshi (a substantial novel).

Rabindranath publishes the prose Pushpanjali (dedicated to his departed Bouthakurani (sister-in-law) Kadambari Devi) in the Bharati magazine.

Rabindranath tours Hazaribagh accompanied by Indira Devi and Surendranath.

Rabindranath goes to Solapur in the Bombay province (now Maharastra), spends a month and a half with Satyendranath and returns to Calcutta (now Kolkata) on 16th October.