Rabindranath Tagore: 10 rare and unseen photos of Kobiguru with Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi and more

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Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali polymath poet, painter, writer, musician, dramatist, philosopher, and social reformer. His works significantly impacted Bengali literature, music, and Indian art forms.

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In 1913, he became the first non-European and Indian lyricist to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. On the 162nd anniversary of his birth, here's a look back at the Nobel laureate's life and times. 

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American author Helen Keller, right, meets with famous Indian poet Tagore for a photo opportunity in New York in 1930.

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Rabindranath Tagore on a visit to London and other parts of England. This exclusive photo shows the world-famous Tagore on the terrace of his hotel in London.

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Students surround writer Rabindranath Tagore at his university, Visva Bharati, in Santineketan, West Bengal, India, 1929. 

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The picture is from 1940, Rabindranath Tagore was at Santiniketan with Mahatma Gandhi during British-ruled India.

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Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali polymath poet, painter, writer, the 1913 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, standing in a group.

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Indian poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, later Prime Minister of India, 1940. 

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The Indian poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore posed with the sculptor Jacob Epstein (1880-1959). 

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German-born physicist Albert Einstein and Indian poet Sir Rabindranath Tagore's photo clicked in the 1920s. 

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Rabindranath Tagore, the 1913 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, stood in a group