Rabindranath Tagore

The British once banned Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay for being 'seditious.' He brushed it off, stating that if his book disgruntled the reader against imperialism, then it had served its purpose! #DeathAnniversary #Legend #ForgottenHeroes

From India’s first gramophone to Bengal’s favourite perfume, Hemendra Mohan Bose created trailblazing swadeshi products at a time when British goods were flooding the Indian market. Interestingly, his uncle was the legendary scientist JC Bose! #LostTales #history #ForgottenHeroes

“He transformed the religious tradition of Raksha Bandhan to a secular motif of unity among diversity and resisted Banga Bhanga (Partition of Bengal)." #History #IndependenceDay #RakshaBandhan #Rakhi

This incredible initiative was originally flagged off in 1866, and there are 900 such plaques around the city!

Did you know he once injected himself with bacilli to prove that leprosy was not highly contagious? This was just one of his many attempts to smash the social stigma around the disease!

Yash Pal was fascinated by the logic required to solve geometrical problems. He says in his biography that he would have missed this joy if he had not discovered it on his own.

Fondly called 'Nalini' by Rabindranath Tagore, Annapurna Turkhad is the subject of an upcoming Marathi-Bengali film being produced by Priyanka Chopra.

Few Indians know about the legend who so meticulously crafted India's national song, Vande Mataram. Here's the little-known story of Bengal's Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.

Tagore was 14 when his mother, Sharada Devi, passed away. Later in life he had to encounter the death of many loved ones, one after another.