Viswa Bharati University

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About Viswa Bharati University:

It is one of India’s major Central Government funded autonomous Universitylocated in Santiniketan, West Bengal.
It is well-known as a distinguished centre for Visual Arts practice and research in India.
The University was established in 1921 by Nobel Prize Laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
It was named after Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore until the Visva-Bharati Society was registered as an organisation in May 1922.
The institution was given the status of a Central University in 1951 through a central Act.
Its first vice-chancellor was Rathindranath Tagore, the son of Rabindranath Tagore, and the second vice-chancellor was the grandfather of another Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen.
The President of India appoints the Vice-chancellor of the University.
Visva Bharati University is renowned for its cultural festivals called Poush Mela and the Basanta Utsab, which attract a number of artisans from all across the country.

Q1) Who was Rabindranath Tagore?

Rabindranath Tagore was a world-renowned poet, litterateur, philosopher and Asia’s first Nobel laureate.He was popularly known as Bard of Bengal, and people used to call him Gurudev.

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