President pays tribute to Rabindranath Tagore

New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Friday paid floral tributes to Rabindranath Tagore on the occasion of his 153rd birth anniversary, at Rashtrapati Bhavan here. Other office bearers and staff of Rashtrapati Bhavan were also...

President pays tribute to Rabindranath Tagore

New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Friday paid floral tributes to Rabindranath Tagore on the occasion of his 153rd birth anniversary, at Rashtrapati Bhavan here.

Other office bearers and staff of Rashtrapati Bhavan were also present on the occasion.

In 1913, Tagore became the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Nobel laureate is the author of the country's national anthem.

--Indo-Asian News Service

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