Sunday, April 22, 2012

Finanacial Aid from Western India for Viswa Bharati, Rabindranath 59+


To collect fund for Viswa Bharati Rabindranath went to Gujrat and Bombay. The success to this effect was not satisfactory which was revealed in the annual report of 1919-1920. The amount collected was;
Ahmedabad;
Movlankar-1250/-
Dhimanta rao Pandit-2100/-
Keshab lalji - 500/-
Surat;
Sishu Mandali- 51/-
Bombay;
Jahangir Petiti- 1500/-
Abdul Rasul - 1000/-
Said Hussain Imam - 500/-
Collected by Andrews By Rabindranath's introduction;
Sindhu, Bombay, Ahmedabad, Nadiad - 6410/-
Rabindranath completed 59 years on 25 Baishakh at Calcutta. No ceremony other than a party with some known gentlemen due to some family business.
at the time of death of Maharshi Devendranath, it was mentioned in the willl that the property in North and Central Bengal was given to Dwijendranath, Satyendranath, and Rabindranath. On 24 May 1912, Dwijendranath in a lease deed of Rs. 45000/- gave it to Satyendranath and Rabindranath. But later on a partition between Satyendranath or Surendranath and Rabindranath or Rathindranath was made the former got the zamindary of Berhampore and Kaligram Pargana went to the latter (rabindranath and Rathindranath).
On 10th May Rabindranath made another deed for where he offered Nagendranath Roychoudhry, Nanigopal Chatto[padhyay, Rebati kanta Bhoumik,Surendranth Moitra and Trailakya Nath Das Power of Attorney. before going to Laondon on 12th may, 1920.