Governor Ram Naresh Yadav paid tributes to Nobel laureate, litterateur, poet and lyricist the late Rabindranath Tagore on the eve of his birthday on Wednesday.
In his message, the Governor said that Tagore was a famous social reformer and a unique litterateur of the world whose lyrics became national anthems of two countries.
Tagore played an important role in introducing Indian culture to the world in the best way. He is regarded as an extraordinary creative artiste of modern India.
The Governor said that Tagore’s works vividly depict glimpses of India’s freedom movement and the society of those times. Yadav said that Tagore had returned ‘knighthood’ conferred on him by the British government in protest against Jalliyanwala Bagh massacre. The sobriquet of Mahatma was given to Gandhiji by late Tagore.
Governor Yadav exhorted the youths to play an active role in the developmental works drawing inspiration from the literature and works of Tagore.