Rabindranath Tagore was born in Calcutta in 1861., True, Tagore worked only as a poet., False — He was a poet, writer, composer, painter and educator., Tagore became the first non-European winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature., True, Tagore received the Nobel Prize in 1915., False — He received the Nobel Prize in 1913., Tagore founded an experimental school that later developed into Visva-Bharati University., True, Songs composed by Tagore became the national anthems of India and Bangladesh., True, The British government awarded Tagore a knighthood in 1915., True, Tagore renounced his knighthood before the Jallianwala Bagh massacre., False — He renounced it after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre., Tagore rejected his knighthood as a protest against colonial violence in 1919., True, Tagore’s life represents the experiences of every Indian who lived under British rule., False — One person’s biography cannot represent every Indian experience.

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