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A portrait of Rabindranath Tagore in soft lines, with a long white beard, and his name in Hindi and English, on a ₹2 stamp.
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore
India Post issued this ₹2 stamp on 8 May 1987, the day after the anniversary of his birth at Jorasanko, Calcutta, on 7 May 1861. His first poem appeared in print when he was twelve. He spent the 1890s among the people of the countryside, and when the Viceroy proposed the partition of Bengal he left Santiniketan to lead the protest with songs, essays and meetings.
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