Rabindra Jayanti
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|holiday_name = Rabindra Jayanti
|type = Bengali festival
|image = Rabindranath Tagore in 1909.jpg
|imagesize = 150px
|caption = Rabindranath Tagore
|official_name = রবীন্দ্র জয়ন্তী
|nickname = ২৫শে বৈশাখ
|observedby = Bengalis
|date = 25th day of Boishakh
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|duration = 1 day
|frequency = Annually
|date2020 = Friday, 8 May[http://www.officeholidays.com/countries/india/west_bengal/2020.php Rabindra Jayanti 2020] officeholidays.com
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Rabindra Jayanti (রবীন্দ্র জয়ন্তী) is an annually celebrated cultural festival, prevalent among Tagorephiles (people who love Tagore and his works) around the world, in remembrance of Rabindranath Tagore's birthday anniversary.{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/news/bengal-celebrates-rabindra-jayanti-news-culture-mfitOgfeiaesi.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701142618/http://www.sify.com/news/bengal-celebrates-rabindra-jayanti-news-culture-mfitOgfeiaesi.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 July 2016 |title=Bengal celebrates Rabindra Jayanti|website=Sify|date=8 May 2012 | access-date= 3 February 2016}} It is celebrated in early May, on the 25th day of the Bengali month of Boishakh (২৫শে বৈশাখ), since Tagore was born on this day of the year 1268 (২৫শে বৈশাখ, ১২৬৮) of the Bengali calendar (1861 AD).{{cite book|author=Arathoon Anita|title=Introducing History And Civics 3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJff89IoRWcC&pg=PT52|date=1 September 2009|publisher=Pearson Education India|isbn=978-81-317-3018-8|page=52}}{{Cite web |title=Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2022: Date, importance and significance of the day |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/rabinadranath-tagore-jayanti-2022-date-importance-significance-7902945/ |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=The Indian Express |date=8 May 2022 |language=en |archive-date=2022-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508222505/https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/rabinadranath-tagore-jayanti-2022-date-importance-significance-7902945/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Business Standard Mobile Offers When is Rabindranath Jayanti? -May 7 |url=https://wap.business-standard.com/amp/about/when-is-rabindranath-jayanti |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=wap.business-standard.com |language=en |archive-date=2022-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511050733/https://wap.business-standard.com/amp/about/when-is-rabindranath-jayanti |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=When is Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2021? |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/lifestyle/what-s-hot/story/when-is-rabindranath-tagore-jayanti-2021-1799787-2021-05-07 |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=India Today |language=en |archive-date=2022-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509035333/https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/lifestyle/what-s-hot/story/when-is-rabindranath-tagore-jayanti-2021-1799787-2021-05-07 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2022-05-07 |title=নোবেলজয়ীকে শ্রদ্ধার্ঘ্য 'দ্য নোবেল প্রাইজ'- এর! কবিগুরুর জন্মবার্ষিকীতে টুইট |url=https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/nation-and-world/rabindranath-tagore-jayanti-2022-the-nobel-prize-celebrates-gurudev-s-birth-anniversary-on-7-th-may-31651912798455.html |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=Hindustantimes Bangla |language=bn |archive-date=2022-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509040307/https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/nation-and-world/rabindranath-tagore-jayanti-2022-the-nobel-prize-celebrates-gurudev-s-birth-anniversary-on-7-th-may-31651912798455.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=প্রতিবেদক |first=নিজস্ব |title=আজ পঁচিশে বৈশাখ |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9C-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%96 |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=Prothomalo |language=bn |archive-date=2022-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509040545/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9C-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%96 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=কবিগুরুর ১৬০তম জন্মজয়ন্তী আজ |url=https://www.jugantor.com/todays-paper/last-page/419325/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AC%E0%A7%A6%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9C |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=Jugantor |language=en |archive-date=2022-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509040836/https://www.jugantor.com/todays-paper/last-page/419325/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AC%E0%A7%A6%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9C |url-status=live }} Every year, numerous cultural programmes and events, such as: Kabipranam (কবিপ্রণাম) – the songs (Rabindra Sangeet), poetries, dances and dramas, written and composed by Tagore, are organised in this particular day, by various schools, colleges and universities in Bengal, and is also celebrated by different groups abroad, as a tribute to Tagore and his works. Throughout the globe, Tagore's birth anniversary is largely celebrated at Santiniketan, Birbhum in West Bengal, chiefly in Visva-Bharati University, the institution founded by Tagore himself for the cultural, social and educational upliftment of the students as well as the society. In 2011, the Government of India issued a five-rupee coin to mark the 150th anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore's birth.5 Rupees Coin of 2011 - 150 Birth Anniversary- Rabindranath Tagore, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr5hokjmI2k {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406093205/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr5hokjmI2k |date=2017-04-06 }}
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