The only record of a knighthood being given up was Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore in 1919.

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Then, men such as Liang, or Rabindranath Tagore (pictured) from Bengal, would travel to Tokyo.

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My fondness for things Afghan began when I was a child and read a short story by the Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore.

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Produced under the programme "Tagore, Neruda and Cesaire, for a Reconciled Universal", this CD is part of the collection "Songs of Rabindranath Tagore".

UNESCO: Culture

The collection is a selection of songs translated by professor Sugata Bose (Harvard University) published in celebration of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore.

UNESCO: Culture