In various ways Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore aided the progress of Indian national movement. Analyse (200 Words)
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· Rabindranath Tagore used Raksha Bandhan as a means to prevent 1905 Bengal partition, emphasizing on the brotherhood and unity of the people.
· Amar sonar bangla provided cultural cultural unity to Bengal.
· Shantiniketan model of schooling gave an impetus to the indigenous education in India. Many schools have been established based on this model in Bengal.
· He remodelled education as a holistic development process where teachers would be more like mentors guiding students towards emotional, intellectual and spiritual upliftment.
· Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood for Jallian Wallah Bagh tragedy in 1919, showing condemnation towards British, undermining ideological hegemony of British.
· At a time when India was struggling to find the right language of freedom movement, Tagore advocated the idea of global integrity and that the man himself is a gateway to the world.
· This philosophy changed the way Indians saw the world. The purpose of the freedom struggle changed from protest to progress as Tagore explained the universality of man.
· The identity of India after independence was closely based on Tagore's ideology of peace and universal brotherhood.
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