Rabisarani

Dr. Founcher, a professor of Sanskrit of the University of Paris, leaves Santiniketan after visiting the Ashram with his wife and Professor Ramaprasad Chanda (1873-1942), a famous archeologist from Kolkata.

Rabindranath delivers a lecture at Ashram temple on the occasion of Maharshi's 16th death anniversary.

Poet delivers two lectures at Santiniketan temple as part of Maghotsav celebration. The Ashram (January, 1920 issue) publishes the crux of his lectures – 'We have constantly to remind ourselves to awake and realise the infinite mercy of God by giving ourselves fully and partially to all'.

Rabindranath writes to Sir Michael Sadler, asking for his permission to dedicate his book The Centre of Indian Culture to Sir Sadler as a token of his (Poet's) admiration for his (Sadler's) personality and for the work he has done for Indians with sympathy and thoroughness.

Tagore writes to Dutch poet Frederik van Eeden in connection with the 'cruel sense of despair as to what a great calamity Europe has brought upon the rest of the world.'

Arrangements are made to publish a commemorative volume on Prasad Chatterji, the deceased son of Ramananda Chatterji. The poet writes to Ramananda encouraging him to carry on with the work and sends him a small article on Prasad.

Governor Earl of Ronaldshay visits Santiniketan.

Poet writes to Nagendranath Mukhopadhyay expressing his inability to attend the foundation ceremony of Krittibas-monument at Phulia due to his ailing health.

Gandhiji invites Tagore to visit Gujarat.

Rabindranath starts for Gujarat along with Kshitimohan Sen, Santoshchandra Majumdar and Pramathanath Bishi.

Poet delivers a lecture at Gujarat Sahitya Sammelan. This lecture would later be included in Lectures and Addresses (published in 1928) under the title 'Construction versus Creation'.

Poet spends a night at Sabarmati Ashram.

Rabindranath returns to Bombay via Ahmedabad after visiting Bhavnagar, Kathiyawar, Limdi, etc.

Delivers a lecture at Bombay on an invitation from students – this lecture gets published in The Indian Daily News on 13.04.1920.

Delivers a lecture at Bombay University on Education. Starts for Baroda.

The poet is felicitated at Baroda.

Poet visits Puna to meet Lokamanya Tilak to express his admiration for Tilak. Historian Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay accompanies Poet.

Poet leaves Bombay for Calcutta.

Reaches Calcutta (now Kolkata).

As during his tour of South India, so also on his tour of North India, Tagore took every opportunity to propagate the ideals of his newly established Visva-Bharati. A few days after the celebration of his fifty-ninth birth anniversary in Calcutta (now Kolkata), it is decided that Tagore should go to the West to speak about Visva-Bharati and raise funds for it. Poet leaves Calcutta on 12th May, 1920 for Bombay (now Mumbai) accompanied by Rathindranath and Pratima Devi.

Sails from Bombay (now Mumbai) by S. S. Moria for Europe. On board the ship Tagore has long talks with the Aga Khan who reads out to him from Hafiz and discusses Sufism. Tagore translates during the voyage some of his Santiniketan sermons later published as Thought Relics.

Tagore Lands at Plymouth and is received by Pearson and Kedarnath Dasgupta. Tagore meets Pearson after four years. Stays at Kensington Palace Mansions Hotel.

William Rothenstein meets Tagore at the Hotel.

In London, Oxford and Cambridge Tagore renews old acquaintances and makes new ones like Cunningham-Graham, Nikolas Roerich, Gilbert Murray, T.E. Lawrence, Laurence Binyon and others. Several of Poet's English friends keep themselves aloof from the Poet on the issues of Poet's outspoken comments on the character of the British rule in India and the renunciation of his Knighthood.

Lord Satyendraprasanna Sinha and Sir Krishnagovinda Gupta meet Tagore to have a discussion on Jaliwanwala massacre.

Reads an article titled 'The Message of the Forest' at Oxford University. The Poet gets introduced to Stella Kramrisch and invites her to visit Santiniketan. Goes to Cambridge on the same day.

Rabindranath meets civilian John Anderson, an admirer of Bengali language and culture, at Cambridge. Has his lunch with Prof. Lowes Dickinson.

The Poet gets felicitated by the Union of the East and West Society at Caxton Hall. The noted Economist John Maynard Keynes is present.

Reads 'Centre of Indian Culture' at the Shakespeare Hut of YMCA.

Poet stays as a guest of Sir Muirhead Bone for about a week.

On request of Lady Abala Basu, wife of Jagadishchandra Basu, Tagore reads his poem at Automobile Club.

Poet attends a party at Rothenstein's residence. Meets W. B. Yeats. Poet sings from Gitanjali on request of Yeats.

Goes to Bristol with Pratima Devi and Pearson.

Visits Raja Rammohan Roy's graveyard.

The King of Dark Chamber is staged by the students of Clifton Boarding School. The poet is moved by the acting.

A debate regarding the Jaliwanwalabag massacre takes place at the House of Lords. Tagore writes to Lloyd George, the Prime Minister of England requesting him to appoint Mr. Montague, Secretary of State for India, as the next Viceroy of India.

Tagore meets Sir Horace Plunket at latter's flat at May-Fair. Discussion regarding the cooperative movement of Ireland took place.

5 Natya Kabya (for example Bidai Abhishap) of Rabindranath are staged at Wigmore Hall by Union of East and West. Tagore is present. Sarojini Naidu introduces all the 5 dramas. Tagore also recites Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka at the same day.

Rabindranath reads his essay 'Some Songs of the Village Mystics in Bengal' at Wigmore Hall.

Susan Owen, mother of one of leading English poet and a soldier of first world war, Wilfred Owen, writes to Rabindranath how her son admired Tagore. Rabindranath was young Owen's favourite poet.

Rabindranath goes to Paris as a guest of Albert Kahn and stays at his Autour du Monde after spending some days in a hotel in Paris.

Sees the play Faust at Grand opera.

Meets Andree & Suzzane Karpeles. Meets Sylvain Levi and invites him to come to Santiniketan.

Visits war affected city Rheims with Kahn.

Meets Henri Bergson, a professor of Philosophy at College de France.

Meets Comtesse de Noailles, the famous French poetess.

Tagore also meets Andre Gide and Romain Rolland.

Starts for Amsterdam, the capital of Holland by train. Stays at Huizen as a guest of E. H. Van Eeghen & Mary Van Eeghen-Boissevain.

Reads his essay 'Some songs of the Village Mystics in Bengal' at Church of the Free Christians.

Delivers a lecture at Leiden University, Netherlands.

Delivers two lectures at Amsterdam University on 26th and 27th September. The title of 27th's lecture is 'Ideal of Education'.

Delivers another lecture, titled 'The Message of the Forest' at the Utrecht University.

Poet meets Heinrich Meyer-Benfey & Helene Meyer-Franck from Germany.

Visits International School for Philosophy at Amersfoot and reads his essay 'Some Village Mystics of Bengal'.

The poet is at The Hague. Reads from his Gitanjali and Fruit Gathering at the Theosophical Society. In the evening on the same day reads his article 'The Meeting of the East and West'.

Tagore is at Antwerp. Reads his essay 'The Meeting of the East and West' which was arranged by the Royal Artistic Circle.

Reads the essay 'The Meeting of the East and West' at Palais de Justice.

Writes to Rothenstein from Belgium expressing his unhappiness about the British rule – 'You must know that the downfall of your Empire is imminent when the moral downfall of your people is proceeding in a rapid pace.'

Tagore goes to Paris with Pearson. Rathindranath goes to England with Pratima Devi for latter's treatment.

Rabindranath sails for America.

Reaches New York. Stays at Anglo Queen Hotel.

Sees the stage show of Prince and Pauper (of Mark Twain) at the Booth Theatre.

Being perturbed by the visit of Shaukat Ali, a Khilafatist, at Santiniketan, Poet writes to Andrews – 'Keep Santiniketan away from the turmoils of politics. I know, that the political problem is growing in intensity in India and its encroachment is difficult to resist. But, all the same we must never forget that our mission is not political. Where I have my politics, I do not belong to Santiniketan.'

Attends a meeting of the Society of Friends. Poet campaigns for Santiniketan and Visva-Bharati.

Delivers a lecture at the Brooklyn Academy of Music – 'The Meeting of East and West'.

Reads his essay 'Some Songs of the Village Mystics in Bengal' at Bryn Mawr College in Philadelphia.

A lecture ('The Meeting of the East and West') of Tagore is arranged at Park Theatre in New York by League of Political Education.

The essay 'The Poet's Religion' is read by Tagore at Brooklyn Public School auditorium. Arrangements are made by Brooklyn Civic Forum. This essay is written on the way to England and is read here for the first time.

Poet delivers his second lecture at Park Theatre. Reads his essay 'The Spirit of Literature'. League of Political Education arranges this lecture.

The poet is at Harvard. Discussion with James Haughton Woods regarding fund raising for Visva-Bharati.

Sacrifice and The Post Office are staged at the Garrick Theatre, New York.

The poet is at Swarthmore College, Philadelphia. Reads the essay 'The Meeting of the East and West'.

A dinner is arranged in honour of Tagore at Hotel Astor at New York by Society of Arts and Sciences.