Railways to set up Tagore museum on 150th anniversary

Kolkata, Dec 30: The Railways will set up a museum on poet Rabindranath Tagore at Howrah as part of celebrations on the Nobel laureate's 150th birth anniversary.

"The Rabindranath Tagore Museum will come up close to the railway museum at Howrah," Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee said here Wednesday.

Banerjee said the museum will exhibit the writings of Tagore related to the railways.

"We will also organise a series of events to honour Tagore and spread his message from one state to another," she said.

Tagore, born on May 7, 1861, got the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913 - the first Asian to get the coveted award.

Tagore, who enriched Bengali culture and literature as a poet, novelist, musician, and playwright from the second half of the 19th century to the first half of the 20th century, is still a household name in this part of the world with the popularity of his works still undiminished.

He died Aug 7, 1941.