Jyotirindranath Tagore

Jyotirindranath Tagore জ্যোতিরিন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর
Jyotirindranath Tagore c.1867
Born	4 May 1849 Mechuabazar, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	4 March 1925 (aged 75) Ranchi, Bengal Presidency, 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

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]

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

Main article: Tagore_family § Family_tree

References

1. Ahmed, Wakil (2012). "Tagore, Jyotirindranath". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
2. Bandopadhyay, Hiranmay, Thakurbarir Katha, (in Bengali), pp. 106–113, Sishu Sahitya Sansad.

Further reading

• Bandopadhyay, Hiranmoy (1960). ঠাকুরবাড়ির কথা (Thakurbarir Katha) [About Thakurbari] (in Bengali). Kolkata: Shishu Sahitya Samsad. pp. 106–113.
• Chaudhurani, Indira Devi (2001). Das, Anathnath (ed.). স্মৃতি সম্পাৎ (Smriti Samput) [A Casket of Memories] (in Bengali). Vol. 1. Santiniketan: Ravindra Bhavana. p. 29.
• Deb, Chitra (1995). "Jorasanko and the Thakur Family". In Chaudhur, Sukanta (ed.). Calcutta: the Living City. Vol. 1. Kolkata: Oxford University Press. p. 66. ISBN 0-19-563696-1.
• Ghosh, Tapobrata (1995). "Literature and Literaray Life in Calcutta". In Chaudhur, Sukanta (ed.). Calcutta: the Living City. Vol. 2. Kolkata: Oxford University Press. p. 224. ISBN 019563697X.
• Ghosh, Siddhartha (1995). "Calcutta's Industrial Archaeology". In Chaudhur, Sukanta (ed.). Calcutta: the Living City. Vol. 1. Kolkata: Oxford University Press. p. 250. ISBN 0-19-563696-1.
• Mitra, Rajyeshwar (1995). "Music in Old Calcutta". In Chaudhur, Sukanta (ed.). Calcutta: the Living City. Vol. 1. Kolkata: Oxford University Press. pp. 184–185. ISBN 0-19-563696-1.
• Sengupta, Subodh Chandra; Basu, Anjali, eds. (1976). জ্যোতিরিন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর [Jyotirindranath Tagore]. Saṃsada bāṅāli caritābhidhāna সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান [Parliament Bengali Biographical Dictionary] (in Bengali). Vol. 1 (1st ed.). Kolkata: Sahitya Samsad. pp. 175–176. OCLC 18245961.