Dhaka, May 8 -- The nation will observe the 163rd birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, one of the world's most revered poets and litterateurs.

His timeless creations are still being celebrated across the world, and he is revered by both Bangladesh and India for his majestic literary works. Both countries' national anthems are based on two of his songs.

Tagore, who won the Nobel Prize for Gitanjali in 1913, was the youngest of 13 surviving children of Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi.

Born on May 8, 1861, at Jorasanko mansion in Kolkata, Tagore was a poet, visual artist, playwright, novelist, as well as a composer whose works reshaped Bangla literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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