Two of Rabindranath Tagore's brothers.

Sitting - Jyotirindranath Tagore.
Standing - from right - Kadambari, wife of Jyotirindranath,
Satyendranath Tagore, Jnanadanandini, wife of Satyendranath.

In 1878, when Rabindranath was seventeen years old, Satyendranath proposed
to take Rabindranath to England. After Debendranath consented,
Rabindranath went with Satyendranath to Ahmedabad where Satyendranath
was a judge. In Ahmedabad Rabindranath stayed in an ancient palace
by the Sabarmati river. Rabindranath used to walk around alone
in the roof of this palace at night and there he wrote the first few songs
for which he composed music.

After spending six months in Ahmedabad and Bombay
Rabindranath left for England on the 20th of September, 1878,
when he was seventeen years and four months old.
At that time Jnanadanandini was living in Brighton, Sussex with her children.
Rabindranath stayed in her house for a while and attended a public school in Brighton.
Jnanadanandini was likely the first Bengali woman who stayed
independently in England with her children.

Rabindranath's autobiography has a section entitled "Literary Companions".
There he mentioned the names of only two as his literary companions when
he started to compose poems: Biharilal Chakraborty and Kadambari.
When "Bhanu Singha Thakurer Padabali" was published as a book,
Rabindranath wrote in the dedication: You requested many times to
publish the poems of Bhanu Singha, but I did not do it. Today I am
publishing it, but you are not here to see it.

Jyotirindranath played the piano and composed music.
Rabindranath composed songs to go with the music.

"Sundar bate tobo angadokhani
    Tarai Tarai khachito
Swarne ratne shobhano lobhano jani
    barne barne rachito"

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