Indira Devi Chaudhurani

Indira Devi Chaudhurani (29 December 1873- 12 August 1960) was a Bengali Indian litereaur, author and musician. Born to the Tagore family, Indira was the younger child of Satyendranath Tagore and Gyanodanandini Devi and younger sister of Surendranath Tagore. She is noted for her work in scoring the music for a number of songs by her uncle Rabindranath, to who she was particularly close. In her literary works, Indira Devi Chaudhurany died in 1960.^[1]

Indira Devi was born on 29 December 1873 to Satyendranath Tagore and Gyanodanandini Devi in 1873, at Bijapur. She spent her childhood in England, in Brighton where her family owned the Medina Villas. At this time she and her brother Surendranath came to be very close to her uncle Rabindranath who joined them a year later, and the brother and sister were said to have been the favourite of among the poet's nephews and nieces, and the author's letters to Indira were later published as Chinnapatra. Her early education was in India, at Auckland House in Simla and the Loreto Convent in Calcutta. In 1892, Indira graduated from Calcutta University with a First Class Honours in French. Indira translated into Bengali the works of John Ruskin, as well as French literature, and translated published translations of Rabindranath's works in English. Indira was a strong proponent of women's issues, and authored a number of works on the position of women in India.

Indira took an early interest in music, achieveing proficiency in piano, violin and the sitar and training in both Indian classical music as well as Western classical music, later earning a diploma from Trinity College of Music. She is noted to have scored the music for almost two hundred of Tagore's songs. She was a composer of Brahmosangeet, and also autored a number of essays on music. In later life, Indira Devi was instrumental in the establishment of Sangeet Bhavan at Visva-Bharati University, and served as the chancellor of the University for a brief period of time. Indira was awarded Bhuvanmohini Gold Medal from Calcutta University in 1944, and received Desikottam (D.Litt) from Visva Bharati University in 1957, she was also the inaugural awardee of Rabindra Award in 1959. Indira wed Pramatha Chaudhury in 1899.

References

↑ Radhakrishnan 1992, p. 521

Radhakrishnan, S (1992), Rabindranath Tagore: A Centenary, Volumes 1861-1961, Sahitya Akademi, ISBN 8172013329

External links

Indira Devi Chaudhurani, from Scottish Centre for Tagore studies.

Bengal Renaissance

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Tagore family

1st generation	Dwarkanath Tagore Hara Kumar Tagore Prasanna Coomar Tagore Ramanath Tagore

2nd generation	Debendranath Tagore Gnanendramohan Tagore Jatindramohan Tagore

3rd generation	Dwijendranath Tagore Satyendranath Tagore Hemendranath Tagore Jyotirindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore Swarnakumari Devi Prodyot Coomar Tagore Ganendranath Tagore Jnanadanandini Devi Kadambari Devi

4th generation	Pramatha Chaudhuri Indira Devi Chaudhurani Surendranath Tagore Lakshminath Bezbaroa Purnima Devi Sarala Devi Chaudhurani Gaganendranath Tagore Abanindranath Tagore

5th generation	Dinendranath Tagore Soumendranath Tagore Amiya Tagore Asit Kumar Haldar

6th generation	Jitendra Prasada Devika Rani Himanshu Rai

7th generation	Sharmila Tagore Jitin Prasada Saranindranath Tagore

8th generation	Saif Ali Khan Soha Ali Khan

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