West Bengal: Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited Jorasanko Thakurbari, the ancestral home of renowned Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, on his birth anniversary on Tuesday and paid floral tribute.
He arrived in Kolkata for a day-long visit to the state early on Tuesday. "Amit Shah ji paid floral tributes to Kabiguru Rabindranath Tagore. He garlanded the statue and visited the room where Tagore stayed. The home minister also spoke to officials there, who informed him about the historical importance of the place," a state BJP leader said.
Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti is celebrated on May 9 to commemorate the birth of the great Bengali poet, known as the Bard of Bengal and Gurudev and who made significant contributions to art, literature, and music. Tagore received the Nobel Prize in 1913 for his poetry collection 'Gitanjali. He also composed the national anthems of India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
Shah will later lay the foundation stone and inaugurate various development projects of the Land Port Authority of India and the BSF at noon at Integrated-Check Post Petrapole in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas situated at the India-Bangladesh border.
ICP Petrapole, located along the international border between India and Bangladesh, is the largest land port in South Asia. It is situated at a distance of about 80 km from the city of Kolkata, West Bengal. The Home Minister will also participate in an event linked to the release of the full dome film 'Luminaries of Bengal' and the inauguration of various projects at Science City in Kolkata in the evening.
The Home Minister's day-long visit to West Bengal will conclude with his participation in Rabindranath Tagore's birth anniversary celebrations by Khola Hawa at Kolkata's Science City.
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