Debendranath Tagore

Debendranath Tagore
Portrait of Debendranath Tagore
Born(1817-05-15)15 May 1817
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency[1] (now Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
Died19 January 1905(1905-01-19) (aged 87)
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
NationalityIndian
OccupationReligious reformer
MovementBengal Renaissance
SpouseSaradasundari Devi
Children14, including Dwijendranath Tagore, Satyendranath Tagore, Hemendranath Tagore, Jyotirindranath Tagore, Rabindranath Tagore(14th child), Swarnakumari Tagore
Parents

Debendranath Tagore (15 May 1817 – 19 January 1905; birth name: Debendronath Thakur) was an Indian philosopher and religious reformer, active in the Brahmo Samaj (earlier called Bhramho Sabha) ("Society of Brahma", also translated as Society of God). He joined Brahmo samaj in 1842. He was the founder in 1848 of the Brahmo religion, which today is synonymous with Brahmoism.[2][3] Born in Shilaidaha, his father was the industrialist Dwarakanath Tagore;[4] he himself had 14 children, many of whom, including Nobel-prize winning poet Rabindranath Tagore, made significant artistic or literary contributions to society.[5][6]

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  2. ^ মজুমদার, চিরশ্রী. ভোগেরে বেঁধেছ তুমি সংযমের সাথে. www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 28 February 2022.
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  4. ^ "Builders of Bengal: Debendranath Tagore". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  5. ^ "'Multifaceted genius': Rabindranath Tagore remembered on his 80th death anniversary". Hindustan Times. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  6. ^ কবির পিতা, এই কি তাঁর একমাত্র পরিচয়?. EI Samay (in Bengali). Retrieved 28 February 2022.