School at Shilaidah, Pre-Shantiniketan

Rabindranath established his first school at Kuthibadi, Shilaidah for his children. He appointed an Englishman, Allen Lorence,  as an English teacher. Jagadanada Roy came as a teacher of Mathematics, a staff of the Tagore Estate. As a Sanskrit teacher, Shibdhan Bidyarnab was appointed. Rabindranath himself began to spend much time educating his children. Rabindranath's income from his estate was improving. He started writing 'Kanika', as meaningful as Chanakya Slok. In 1899, he started writing story in poetry, Katha O Kahini.Sometimes he wrote in prose also.
The young section of Bangiya Sahitya Parishad was now in favour of holding their activities in a separate building and not in Sova Bazar Rajbadi. Ultimately they won with the vote of Rabindranath. Manindra Chandra Nandi gifted a plot of land at Lower Circular Road to the Parishad. Rabindranath was among the list of receivers.

( this is a very rare picture )LUNCH AT THE 'Kuthibari' at Shilaidaha with family members. Tagore's wife and children moved to Shilaidaha in 1899, and the family lived there until Tagore moved to Santiniketan to found his school in 1901.

 — withShamima Jhumur, Tasmina Tuli, Manatosh Suter,Rony Syed Zakir Ahmed, Jayanta Ghosh, Wahid Pretom, Rumi Noman and Shamim Shago