Returning from Solapur Rabindranath had to take some responsible position in the Tagore family. Maharshi Debendranath was becoming old. He (born in 1817) was now 72 years. He asked Rabindranath in a letter, just two days before his marriage in 1883, to be ready to take responsiblities of supervising zaminadari work and gave him a chart of his duties. First of all he should remain present in the office of Zamindari on all days and see the income and expenditure of the accounts book and prepare a notesheet of all the papers of the imports and exports that came to the office. But it was not known how far he had responded to that letter. There were some mishaps, at that time, in the Tagore family and everything became disorderly. Previously Jyotirindranath used to do all these duties. Since 1884, Dwijendranath looked after the accounts of the Zamindari. Though he was good in mathematics still his performance in checking the cash book of the family was not satisfactory. Then the responsibility went to Dwipendranath, the eldest son of Dwijendranath and Rabindranath was made, at that time, the Secretary of the Brahmo Samaj. At the very begining Rabindranath took his duties very seriously. But his service was not satisfactory and at the end of 1887 Ramanimohan Chattopadhyaya was appointed as an assisstant secretary. Even at that time, Rabindranath was not recommended as a Trustee of Santiniketan. Dwipendranath was not suitable for Zamindari work since he was given to luxury. He was more interested in becoming close to his grandfather (Debendranath) rather than to go through the accounts of the zamindari. It was found, on scruitiny, that there were some discrepencies in the accounts during his time, though as a member he got his monthly emoluments from the revenue. Rabindranath, though a talented and respected person, could not be spared from the Zamindari. As a result he was entrusted with the job of supervising the accounts of the zamindari. From the cash book, it is revealed that since 15 January 1887 it was signed by Rabindranath as R.T. After some time he was also nominated as a member of the Trustee of Shantiniketan in lieu of Ramanimohan Chattopadhyaya who resigned at that time.
