Jyotirindranath Tagore

Jyotirindranath Tagore (Bengali: জ্যোতিরিন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 4 May 1849 – 4 March 1925) was a Bengali playwright, musician, editor, and painter.^[1] He played a major role in the flowering of the talents of his younger brother, the first non-European Nobel Prize winner, Rabindranath Tagore.^[2]

Jyotirindranath Tagore
Jyotirindranath Tagore c.1867
Born	4 May 1849 Mechuabazar, Calcutta, Bengal, British India
Died	4 March 1925 (aged 75) Rachi, Bengal, British India
Occupation(s)	Playwright, musician, editor, painter
Spouse	Kadambari Devi
Parent(s)	Debendranath Tagore Sarada Sundari Devi
Relatives	Indira Devi Chaudhurani (niece), Dwijendranath, Satyendranath, Hemendranath, Swarnakumari, Rabindranath Tagore (siblings), +9 others
Family	Tagore family

Works

• Historical plays: Purubikram (1874), Sarojini (1875), Ashrumati (Woman in tears, 1879), Swapnamayi (Lady of Dream, 1882).
• Satirical plays: Kinchit Jalajog (Some Refreshments, 1873), Eman Karma Ar Korbo Na (I will never do such a thing again 1877), Hathath Nabab (Suddenly Rich, 1884), Alik Babu (Strange Man, 1900).
• Translations: Kalidas's Abhijñānaśākuntalam (The Recognition of Shakuntala) and Malati Madhava (Malati and Madhava); Sudrak's Mrichhatika (Little Clay Cart); Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, Shakespeare's Julius Caesar; Bal Gangadhar Tilak's Gita Rahasya.

Family tree

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