Visva Bharati University, one of the most renowned universities in India, is celebrating 100 years of its formal establishment. It was founded in 1921 by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, who had not even completed his formal education. One of the oldest central universities in the country was declared as an Institute of National Importance by an Act of Parliament in 1951. The Prime Minister of the country has been the Chancellor of the University since 1951. In December last year, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Addressed the centenary celebrations of the university at Santiniketan in Birbhum district of West Bengal.
The famous poet, writer and social reformer Tagore left for heaven on 7 August 1941. Today is his death anniversary.
Tagore, who founded this university, himself dropped out of school and college several times. He had never passed the matriculation examination. Despite this, Oxford University officials came to Santiniketan to give him a doctorate degree. Writer and poet Rabindranath Tagore was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.
Tagore was first admitted to the Oriental Seminary School in Calcutta (now Kolkata). In 1868 at the age of 7 he decided that he would never go to school, a place where students were punished and beaten with sticks. He dropped out of school only a month after admission.
In 1876, Tagore was admitted to St. Xavier’s School. He could only stay there for six months and then he dropped out of school. But the good memories of this school were always with Tagore. In 1927, Tagore presented a statue of Jesus Christ to the school.
Tagore was also admitted to the Presidency College. However, he did not attend college a day after his admission. Writers writing about Tagore believe that Tagore was dissatisfied with formal education, especially classroom teaching. He was of the view that education is more accurate in an open environment. He believed that reading within four walls closes the mind.
Although Visva Bharati University was formally established in 1921, it was started in 1863 when Tagore was only 2 years old. Before the university came into formal existence, he founded the Brahmacharyashrama school, where classes were held in the open air under trees, where man and nature entered into a harmonious relationship.
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