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Dwarkanath Tagore bust unveiled in London
Prince Dwarkanath Tagore, best known for his significant role in the Bengal Renaissance of the 19th century, has been honoured with a new bust in London. The grandfather of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore was among the first Indian industrialists, also known as merchant princes, investing in a range of businesses from steam engines to banking in the 1820s.
He died during a visit to the UK in August 1846 and was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery in north-west London, where his bust was unveiled yesterday.
“He was a Tagore who uplifted the face of trade and business long before his grandson Rabindranath Tagore received the Nobel Prize in Literature. He believed the sky’s the limit and his range of accomplishments spanned from coal, tea, jute, shipping, banking and the list can go on,” said Anirban Mukhopadhyay, President of London Sharad Utsav (LSU), among the groups behind the new statue.
After decades amid thousands of other graves, LSU joined hands with the Bengal Heritage Foundation and with the support of the British Council, iLead (Kolkata), Friends of Kensal Green (London) launched the bust and a plaque marking Dwarkanath’s contributions. Scores of people from the British Bengali community gathered for
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Dwarkanath ঠাকুর Tagore (abt. 1794 - 1846)
Dwarkanathঠাকুর Tagore
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Father of দেবেন্দ্রনাথ (ঠাকুর) Tagore
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Biography
Birth
Dwarkanath Tagore [an anglicised version of Thakur] was the adopted son of Ramlochon Tagore, [who was not] the founder of the Jorasanko branch of the Tagore family. He was also the grandfather of Rabindranath Tagore[1]. He was a descendant of Rarhiya Brahmins of the Kushari (Sandilya gotra) division. No source is given for his birth year of 1794 in the wikipedia article, though it is in reasonable agreement with his age at death as 51 years.
He was actually born the 2nd son of Ramlochon's younger brother Rammon, who was the middle one of the 3 sons of Nilmoni Tagore (1721-1791) the actual founder of the Jorasanko branch[2]. In fact, we find some even more, seemingly confusing information in that the ancestral home of the Jorasanko branch of the Tagore or Thakur