Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti observed on May 7, 2026

Exam-focused facts from the 8 May 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2026 was observed on May 7, marking the 165th birth anniversary of the Nobel laureate.
Rabindranath Tagore was born on May 7, 1861, in Kolkata to parents Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi.
He became the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his poetry collection titled Gitanjali.
Tagore authored India’s national anthem, Jana Gana Mana, and established Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan.
In West Bengal, the anniversary is celebrated on the 25th day of Boishakh according to the Bengali calendar.