August 08, 2017 11:09 am | Updated 11:10 am IST - Kolkata:
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee paying homage to Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore 72 death anniversary in Jorasanko Thakurbari (the poet's ancestral house) in Kolkata in this file photo. Photo: Sushanta Patronobish
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee paid tribute to Rabindranath Tagore on his 76th death anniversary on Tuesday.
In a pictorial Facebook post, Ms. Banerjee said “Kabiguru Rabindranath Thakurer Prayan Dibase Sraddharghyo” (tribute to Kabiguru on his death anniversary).
Tagore died in 1941 on ‘Baishe Srabon’ (The 22nd Srabon in the Bengali calendar).
His death anniversary date is popularly known as ’Baishe Srabon’ and Bengalis across the globe observe the day.
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