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dated May 10, 1958: Greatness of Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore was above all a leader and a liberator “ever trying to free out minds and our social structure from the shackles that bound them”, said Prime Minister Nehru broadcasting from the Delhi Station of A.I.R. on the birth anniversary of Poet Tagore. He said that Rabindranath Tagore was truly a world citizen and his nationalism fitted in with the widest internationalism. “In him we see the integration of thought and action. In Santiniketan we see his ideas gradually taking shape, leading to the establishment of Visva-Bharati. Near Santiniketan also, Sriniketan became the embodiment of the deep urge he had to face – the fundamental problem of India”, Mr. Nehru said and added that like Gandhiji, Tagore went back to the village, which was the basic fact of life in India.

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