Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s2.t20.10

v2.c10.s2.t20.10

Rabindranath Tagore was the 14th child in the family. He had 13 elder brothers and sisters. Most of them had very versatile personalities with extraordinary literary talent and rich artistic skills. They all had a significant impact on Tagore. The poet in his old age, recalling his childhood exclaimed that, his "mind is growing up in the atmosphere of freedom."