Tagore (name)
Tagore (the anglicised form of the Bengali title Thakur) is the name of a prominent Bengali family of intellectuals, writers and artists, generally known as the Tagore family.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 58.8% of all known bearers of the surname Tagore were residents of Bangladesh and 29.3% were residents of India. In India, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states and union territories:[1]
- 1. Puducherry (1: 73,204)
- 2. West Bengal (1: 125,823)
- 3. Telangana (1: 128,315)
- 4. Delhi (1: 150,930)
- 5. Andhra Pradesh (1: 208,383)
- 6. Chandigarh (1: 210,937)
- 7. Nagaland (1: 220,067)
- 8. Assam (1: 261,927)
- 9. Arunachal Pradesh (1: 345,653)
- 10. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1: 379,944)
- 11. Tamil Nadu (1: 437,206)
Jorasanko branch of the Tagore family
- Abanindranath Tagore (1871–1951), artist
- Debendranath Tagore (1817–1905), Brahmoism founder
- Dwarkanath Tagore (1794–1846), businessman and aristocrat
- Dwijendranath Tagore (1840–1926), writer, musician, and pioneer in Bengali shorthand and musical notations
- Gaganendranath Tagore (1867–1938), artist
- Ganendranath Tagore (1841 – 1869), musician and founder of Jorasanko Natyashala
- Hemendranath Tagore (1844–1884), nationalist, yogi, founder of Adi Dharm
- Jyotirindranath Tagore (1849–1925), musician
- Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), writer, performer, the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in 1913. Composed the Indian and Bangladeshi national anthems
- Ramanath Tagore (1801 – 1877), social figure associated with British Indian Association
- Satyendranath Tagore (1842–1923), musician, reformer, and the first Indian to join the ICS in 1863
- Swarnakumari Devi (1855–1932), female novelist
Pathuriaghata branch of the Tagore family
- Gnanendramohan Tagore (1826–1890), first Asian to be called to the English bar in 1862
- Jatindramohan Tagore (1831–1908), philanthropist
- Prasanna Coomar Tagore (1801–1886), lawyer
Instutitutions/ Organisations etc. linked to the Tagores
- Adi Dharm, a religion
- Brahmo Samaj, the societal component of the Brahmo religion
- Jorasanko, a neighbourhood in north Kolkata
- Jorasanko Thakur Bari, (Bengali: House of the Thakurs) in Jorasanko, north of Kolkata
- Pathuriaghata, a neighbourhood in north Kolkata
- Rabindra Bharati University, a university in Kolkata
- Rabindra Nritya Natya, dramas composed by Rabindranath Tagore
- Rabindra Sangeet, songs composed by Rabindranath Tagore
- Vangiya Sahitya Parishad, a literary society in Bengal
- Visva-Bharati University, a university in Santiniketan, West Bengal
Other usages
- Tagore (film), a 2003 Tollywood film starring Chiranjeevi
References
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