Jyotirindranath Tagore

Jyotirindranath Tagore
Born	May 4, 1849 Calcutta, Bengal, British India
Died	March 4, 1925 Ranchi, British India
Occupation	Playwright, musician, editor and painter
Spouse(s)	Kadambari Devi

Jyotirindranath Tagore (Bengali: জ্যোতিরিন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর) (May 4, 1849 – March 4, 1925) was a playwright, a musician, an editor and a painter. Endowed with an outstanding talent, he had the rare capability of spotting talent in others. He played a major role in the flowering of the talents of his younger brother, the first Asian Nobel Prize winner, Rabindranath Tagore.

The grandson of Dwarkanath Tagore and the fifth son of Debendranath Tagore, Jyotirindranath was born in the Tagore family of Jorasanko, in Calcutta (now Kolkata). When viewed against the exceptionally brilliant achievements of his younger brother, Rabindranath Tagore, he loses much of his shine. However, having been born in the same family and being twelve years his senior, Jyotirindranath assisted in the development of his younger brother with examples, encouragement and companionship. Two of their older brothers—poet and philosopher Dwijendranath Tagore and the first Indian ICS officer and a musician Satyendranath Tagore—were brilliant and renowned in their own right. His younger sister, Swarnakumari Devi, was a well-known writer and musician.

In early childhood he was taught at home by his elder brother Hemendranath. Thereafter, he studied at St. Paul’s and Montague’s school, and passed Entrance Examination (school leaving or university entrance) from Hindu School in 1864. The renowned historian and writer Romesh Chunder Dutt was his class friend. While studying for the First Arts examination in Presidency College, he developed interest in the theatre and left his studies.

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