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Apart from Rabindranath Tagore, who else from the Tagore family has performed the role of the Vice Chancellor of Bisva-Bharati University?

Apart from Rabindranath Tagore, who else from the Tagore family has performed the role of the Vice Chancellor of Bisva-Bharati University? Correct Answer Indira Devi Chaudhurani

The correct answer is Indira Devi Chaudhurani.

Key Points

  • Apart from Rabindranath Tagore, Indira Devi Chaudhurani from the Tagore family has performed the role of the Vice-Chancellor of Bisva-Bharati University.
  • In 1941, she came to live in Santiniketan. She took charge of Sangit Bhavana and was a member of the Visva-Bharati Svaralipi Samiti.
    • In 1946, she was appointed Vice-Chancellor of Visva-Bharati temporarily.
  • Visva-Bharati is a central research university.
    • It is an Institution of National Importance located in Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India.
    • It was founded by Rabindranath Tagore who called it Visva-Bharati, which means the communion of the world with India.
    • Until independence, it was a college and after independence, the institution was given the status of a central university in 1951 by an act of the Parliament.

Additional Information 

  • Indira Devi was the daughter of Satyendranath Tagore, the second son of Debendranath.
    • In 1877 she went to England with her mother Jnanadanandinidevi and her brother Surendranath. When Rabindranath joined them a year later he grew close to these two children who were to be his favorites always, Indiradevi was his confidante and the chief recipient of the letters in Chhinnapatravali.
  • She started her training in music at an early age and excelled in both Western and Indian Classical music.
  • She also composed some Brahmasangit and wrote the notations for many of her uncle's songs. 

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