Rabisarani

Chief Financial Advisor to the Central Agricultural Research Dr. D. K. Kapoor visits Sriniketan.

Countess Hamilton visits Santiniketan.

Prof. Howard Tharman visits Santiniketan with a Nigro representative team. Tharman remarks -- 'Dr. Tagore is one of the chief reasons of our visiting India.'

Lt. Col. F. B. Yeats Brown, an ardent admirer of Tagore and the writer of Bengal Lancer, comes to Santiniketan. Brown remarks -- 'Tagore remains in my mind as a beautiful but somewhat tragic figure…Behind Santiniketan there is not yet the driving force of a great popular movement, but only a great man: a man who makes the arc of the sky seem bigger after one has met him.'

The Poet attends the annual function of Sriniketan.

The Poet comes to Kolkata.

The Poet lectures on Ideals of Education, Place of Music in Education and Education Naturalized during the Education Week (starting from 8th February) organised under the auspices of the Bengal Government and the New Education Fellowship. In the last lecture he outlines a scheme of home education under proper guidance with graded examinations marking progressive at ages.

Returns to Santiniketan and is engaged in preparing a new version of Chitrangada as a dance-drama.

When delivering his lectures at the occasion of Basanta Utsav at Santiniketan, Tagore addresses Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (First Prime Minister of independent India) as Nabojuger Rituraaj by comparing Nehru with Spring.

This is produced in Calcutta (now Kolkata) at the New Empire Theatre on 11th, 12th and 13th March in aid of Visva-Bharati.

The Poet starts on a performance tour of North India on 16th March. Chitrangada is staged in Patna (16th & 17th March), Allahabad (19th March), Lahore (22th & 23th March).

Sir Muhammad Iqbal (widely known as Allama Iqbal, a poet, philosopher, politician, academic, scholar of British India) leaves Lahore when Tagore is in Lahore during the period 21st to 24th March. Sir Iqbal leaves Lahore with a comment that two poets cannot stay in the same city.

Tagore reaches Delhi and lays the foundation of the prayer hall of the Modern School.

Chtrangadais staged in Delhi on 26th and 27th March.

Mahatma Gandhi, who is in Delhi, feels perturbed by the fact that the Poet should expose himself to the risk of such ardous tours at his age to collect funds for his institution. At Gandhi's instance, G. D. Birla, one of his followers, presents the Poet with a cheque for Rs. 60,000/- being the accumulated deficit of Visva-Bharati.

The Delhi Municipality votes a civic address to the Poet, which is however negatived by the Government. The citizens of Delhi hold a public reception at the Queen's Garden where an address is presented to him. Aruna Asaf Ali and Deshbandhu Gupta organised this reception.

Goes to Meerut with Chitrangada and the Municipality and the District Board present him with addresses.

Returning to Delhi broadcasts on the day following a recitation of his poems over the Delhi Radio.

Returns to Santiniketan.

Poet's birthday is celebrated on the Bengali New Year's Day.

Marries his only grand-daughter Nandita to Krishna Kripalani. Dedicates his book of poems Patraput.

The Poet is with Prasantachandra and Rani Mahalanabis at their residence and celebrates his birthday.

Visits Calcutta (now Kolkata) to preside over a mass meeting held in the Town Hall to protest against the discriminatory provisions of the Communal Award.

Writes to Jawaharlal Nehru accepting the honorary presidentship of the National Council of Civil Liberties Union.

The University of Dacca confers on him the degree of D. Litt. (Honoris Causa in absentia).

Lokashiksha Samsad, an organization for people's education, is set up with Rathindranath as Secretary and Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay as Assistant Secretary.

Sends a message to the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom at Brussels, in course of which he writes, 'We cannot have peace until we deserve it by paying its full price, which is that the strong must cease to be greedy and the weak must learn to be bold.' The Poet is in Calcutta (now Kolkata) now with Prasantachandra.

Writes an introduction to Jogindranath Sarkar's book Galpasanchayan.

Gives a discourse at the special service held at the Santiniketan Mandir on Gandhi's birthday.

Dramatizes the poem Parishodh (Retribution) (originally written on 9th October, 1899) and sets it to music.

Parishodh is staged in Ashutosh College, Calcutta (now Kolkata) on 10th and 11th October. Poet is present on the stage.

Attends the sixtieth birthday celebration of Saratchandra Chattopadhyay.

Speaks at a sitting of the Bengal Women Workers' Conference at the Albert Hall.

Returns to Santiniketan.

Takes up residence at the Sriniketan Kuthi and stays here for about a month (29th October - 22nd November).

Jawaharlal Nehru, Congress President, pays a one-day visit to meet the Poet at Santiniketan.

Attends the anniversary of seventh Pausha.

Conducts the Christmas Service.