The Indian national anthem was written by Rabindranath Tagore.
The lyrics of the Indian national anthem are derived from the poem "The Will of the People", written by Tagore, the giant of Indian culture.
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was an Indian Bengali poet, writer, artist, and social activist. Born in Calcutta into a family with profound cultural upbringing, his father was a famous religious reformer and social activist, and his six brothers were all dedicated to social reform and the Renaissance movement. Tagore hated formal school education since he was a child, and relied on family education and hard self-study to spend his youth. In 1878, he went to England to study law, and later transferred to the University of London to study English literature and Western music.
In his lifetime, Tagore created more than 50 collections of poetry, 12 novels and novels, more than 100 short stories, more than 20 plays, and a large number of treatises and travel notes on literature, philosophy, and politics. , Letters, etc. In addition, he is also an accomplished musician and painter. He has created more than 2,000 songs and more than 1,500 paintings, among which the song "The Will of the People" has been designated as the national anthem of India.
In his more than 60 years of artistic career, he inherited the excellent traditions of classical and folk literature, absorbed the rich nutrition of European romanticism and realism literature, reached the level of proficiency in creation, and achieved brilliant achievements. Achievements and become a cultural giant of a generation. In 1913, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. The British government knighted him.
In April 1941, this extraordinary genius and the founder of modern Indian literature wrote his last words "Crisis of Civilization". On August 7 of the same year, Tagore died at his ancestral home in Calcutta.