The Irrawaddy
By Wei Yan Aung 24 March 2019
By Wei Yan Aung 24 March 2019
Rabindranath Tagore
Ninety-five years ago, Rabindranath Tagore (May 7, 1861 – Aug. 7, 1941), a Bengali polymath, poet, musician and artist, made his second visit to Myanmar. He made his first visit in 1916 and his third and final visit in 1927.
Tagore received a red-carpet welcome on all of his visits. The governor of British India, Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler, hosted a lunch for Tagore on his second visit.