Duiburho rhi rhi [ long rhi]
Chale dhiri dhiri /
Dui bon li li [long li]
Hase khili khli /
Rabindranath's first read book was "Sisu Bodhak"
Somendranath, Satya Prasad and Rabindranath was admitted in Kolkata Training Academy {first admission]in April 1865, situated at 13 Cornwalis Street and not in Oriental Seminary.. Rabindranath was of age 3 years and 10 months. Three of them got admitted at the same time though Rabindranath join them after few months, at the end of the year.
Rabindranath's education in Calcutta Training Academy ended in Sept. 1865, before Puja vacation. 1.He was admitted at the end of 1864 , may be in Dec. 1864. Hence the duration of his school life in Calcutta Training Academy was 10 months (appr).
2.After Puja vacation he was admitted in Nov 1865 in Govt. Pathsala when his age was 4 yrs and six months.
The reason for change of this school was probably either the method of teaching of this school was not upto the mark or the distance of Cornwallis Street from Jorasanko which was much for the children. Where as the Govt. Pathsala or Normal School is very near to their house. Also the school bus was available for the students.
Rabindranath was admitted in Infant Class in Govt. Pathsala, in Nov 1865. The selected books in that class were Barnashiksha, Dharapath (multiplication table), and books for handwriting. The headmaster of the school was Gopal Chandra Bandyopadhyay and the Superintendent was Gobinda Chandra Bandyopadhyay.
Rabindranath remembrered some Kailas Mukherjee who recited nice poems to him. He also remembered "Bristi pare tapur tapur, nadey elo ban".
In the childhood of Rabindranath Tagore the house of Jorasanko was full of joy..
In the life of Rabindranath changes of schools was a phenomenon. But the duration of his study in the Govt. Pathsala was longest. It was termed by Rabindranath and others as Normal school.But they were different though their Managing Committee and school premises were same .The Primary object contemplated in the establishment of the Pathsala were to provide a system of national education, and to instruct Hindoo youths in literature and in the sciences of India and a broad, though the medium would be Bengali Language.
Even if the school was sometimes referred as Normal School it was Calcutta Govt. Pathsala or Calcutta model School.
Rabindranath, Somendranath and Satyaprasad was admitted in Govt.Pathsala in Nov. 1865 and every new session began in January. Hence it seemed that they had been promoted to the next class i.e.,class I in 1866. The amount spent for purchasing their books were not much which signified that the list of their books were small.
Srijukta Nilkamal Ghosal, teacher of Govt. Pathsala, was appointed as their private tutors.
From the "Hindoo Patriot" it was known that there were nine classes in every govt. school- one Sishu Sreni, 5 in junior section and 3 in senior section.
In St.Xaviers Collegiate School there were 8 classes. 2 elementary classes, I to V, and 1 entrance class.
Bipin Chandra Pal [1858-1932] said that there were 8 classes in our school . counted from 1st or entrance class to the last or infant class.
There were three scholarship examinations in the time of Rabindranath. 1. Primary Scholarship, 2. Minor Scholarship,& 3.Junior or Entrance scholarship. Rabindranath did not sit for any scholarship examination but the syllabus he had to cover was given as follows ;
In 1863 there was an advertisement in Somprakasin in Feb 1863 which covers the syllabus of First two scholarship examination.
Boys with 10 years of age are to sit for examination with the following syllabus.
Bengali Literature; Charupath prathom bhag - Ranjit Singher life sketch, Poetry reciting, dictation writing, Handwriting.
Grammer - Sandhi, Linga, kriya, Karak.
Geography - World atlas and Indian map drawing.
History - History of Bengali 2nd part.
Arithmetic - Upto trairasik
Boys with ages 11, 12 and 13 are to sit for examination with this syllabus.
Bengali Literature - Naba Prabandsar, Telemax 1st part , poetry reading, dictation and Handwriting
Grammar - Sandhi, Linga, Kriya, Karak, Samas
History - History of Bengali 2nd part, Indian History by Krishna Chandra Roy .
Geography - Drawing of map of the four parts of the world by Tarinicharan Krishna and maps of all countries of Asia.
Arithmetic - Upto simple fraction.
Next year i.e., 1864 for minor scholarship examination ; Sitar Banabas, Byakaran, Charupath 3rd part, poetry reading, history of Bengal q1st and 2nd part. Indian History, Physical Science, Mental arithmetic, Hygiene, supervision of Zamindary, Simple economics, Letter writing, geography, arithmetic and geometry.
Some additional subjects had been included in this syllabus.
Syllabus for 1866. [vernacular scholarship]
Bengali Literature - Essays of Harinath Sarma, Jnankur of Nabakrishna Bandyopadhyay, Sadbhab satak ; by Krishna Chandra Majumdar.
Grammar - sandhi, linga, karak, kriyapad, dhatu, samas. Descriptive and implicative essays
Arithmetic - Simple and decimal fraction, simple and compound interest, square root, mensuration of 2- dimension, mental arithmetic.
Rabindranath's education in Calcutta Training Academy ended in Sept. 1865, before Puja vacation. 1.He was admitted at the end of 1864 , may be in Dec. 1864. Hence the duration of his school life in Calcutta Training Academy was 10 months (appr).
2.After Puja vacation he was admitted in Nov 1865 in Govt. Pathsala when his age was 4 yrs and six months.
The reason for change of this school was probably either the method of teaching of this school was not upto the mark or the distance of Cornwallis Street from Jorasanko which was much for the children. Where as the Govt. Pathsala or Normal School is very near to their house. Also the school bus was available for the students.
Rabindranath was admitted in Infant Class in Govt. Pathsala, in Nov 1865. The selected books in that class were Barnashiksha, Dharapath (multiplication table), and books for handwriting. The headmaster of the school was Gopal Chandra Bandyopadhyay and the Superintendent was Gobinda Chandra Bandyopadhyay.
Rabindranath remembrered some Kailas Mukherjee who recited nice poems to him. He also remembered "Bristi pare tapur tapur, nadey elo ban".
In the childhood of Rabindranath Tagore the house of Jorasanko was full of joy..
In the life of Rabindranath changes of schools was a phenomenon. But the duration of his study in the Govt. Pathsala was longest. It was termed by Rabindranath and others as Normal school.But they were different though their Managing Committee and school premises were same .The Primary object contemplated in the establishment of the Pathsala were to provide a system of national education, and to instruct Hindoo youths in literature and in the sciences of India and a broad, though the medium would be Bengali Language.
Even if the school was sometimes referred as Normal School it was Calcutta Govt. Pathsala or Calcutta model School.
Rabindranath, Somendranath and Satyaprasad was admitted in Govt.Pathsala in Nov. 1865 and every new session began in January. Hence it seemed that they had been promoted to the next class i.e.,class I in 1866. The amount spent for purchasing their books were not much which signified that the list of their books were small.
Srijukta Nilkamal Ghosal, teacher of Govt. Pathsala, was appointed as their private tutors.
From the "Hindoo Patriot" it was known that there were nine classes in every govt. school- one Sishu Sreni, 5 in junior section and 3 in senior section.
In St.Xaviers Collegiate School there were 8 classes. 2 elementary classes, I to V, and 1 entrance class.
Bipin Chandra Pal [1858-1932] said that there were 8 classes in our school . counted from 1st or entrance class to the last or infant class.
There were three scholarship examinations in the time of Rabindranath. 1. Primary Scholarship, 2. Minor Scholarship,& 3.Junior or Entrance scholarship. Rabindranath did not sit for any scholarship examination but the syllabus he had to cover was given as follows ;
In 1863 there was an advertisement in Somprakasin in Feb 1863 which covers the syllabus of First two scholarship examination.
Boys with 10 years of age are to sit for examination with the following syllabus.
Bengali Literature; Charupath prathom bhag - Ranjit Singher life sketch, Poetry reciting, dictation writing, Handwriting.
Grammer - Sandhi, Linga, kriya, Karak.
Geography - World atlas and Indian map drawing.
History - History of Bengali 2nd part.
Arithmetic - Upto trairasik
Boys with ages 11, 12 and 13 are to sit for examination with this syllabus.
Bengali Literature - Naba Prabandsar, Telemax 1st part , poetry reading, dictation and Handwriting
Grammar - Sandhi, Linga, Kriya, Karak, Samas
History - History of Bengali 2nd part, Indian History by Krishna Chandra Roy .
Geography - Drawing of map of the four parts of the world by Tarinicharan Krishna and maps of all countries of Asia.
Arithmetic - Upto simple fraction.
Next year i.e., 1864 for minor scholarship examination ; Sitar Banabas, Byakaran, Charupath 3rd part, poetry reading, history of Bengal q1st and 2nd part. Indian History, Physical Science, Mental arithmetic, Hygiene, supervision of Zamindary, Simple economics, Letter writing, geography, arithmetic and geometry.
Some additional subjects had been included in this syllabus.
Syllabus for 1866. [vernacular scholarship]
Bengali Literature - Essays of Harinath Sarma, Jnankur of Nabakrishna Bandyopadhyay, Sadbhab satak ; by Krishna Chandra Majumdar.
Grammar - sandhi, linga, karak, kriyapad, dhatu, samas. Descriptive and implicative essays
Arithmetic - Simple and decimal fraction, simple and compound interest, square root, mensuration of 2- dimension, mental arithmetic.
Geometry - Euclid 1st part.
Natural Philosophy - 1st 8 chapter of Natural Philosophy 1st part by Bhudeb Mukhopadhyay
History - Indian history 1st part by Tarini Charan , British India by Krishna Chandra
Geography - Geography by Tarini Charan except India, India Geography by Sashibhusan;map drawing of important historical place.
Natural Philosophy - 1st 8 chapter of Natural Philosophy 1st part by Bhudeb Mukhopadhyay
History - Indian history 1st part by Tarini Charan , British India by Krishna Chandra
Geography - Geography by Tarini Charan except India, India Geography by Sashibhusan;map drawing of important historical place.
Additional Subject - Zamindary system by Dinabandhu Mukhopadhyay, Patra Kaumudi, Political Economy by Rajkrishna, Hegiene by Radhikaprasanna Mukhopadhyay.
Upper age limit of Vdernacular scholarship was 15 years of age.
This was the type of syllabus followed by Rabindranath. 2nd elder brother Hemendranath taught them more of the above syllabus.
In 1867, Rabindranath promoted to class II in Govt. Pathsala.
In this class they studied Bodhoday after finishing Barnaparichay 2nd Part.,Primary lesson of Geography, history, hygiene and first four rules of arithmetic, Bodhaday of Ishwar Chandra was within their syllabus.
He got acquaintance with Ramayana from their servant Ishwar Chandra.
He got the idea of infinite dimension of universe from his Pandit and his imaginative power were gradually extended.
Rabindranath promoted to class III in 1868 in Normal School.
Nilkamal Ghosal was working as a private tutor to them (Rabindranath, Somendranath and and Satyaprasad) appointed on Oct 1866 and was teaching in the morning 6 am to 9-30 am. From this year (1868) Rabindranath was formally learning English though it was not teaching his school. He started reading The first book of Reading [1853] by Parry Charan Sarkar. Rabindranath wrote in Chelebala " When the students of our age were fluently reading 'I am up' Ami hai upare , He is down-Tini han niche , then my knowledge did not reach to B-A-D bad, M-A-D . the book he referred was not First Book of Reading .
This was the time of Rabindranath to begin "creating of poetry".He started creating of poetry in Blue papered Khata got from the personals of the family office.
Rabindranath started class IV in 1869 at Normal School.
Nilkamal Ghosh and Aghor Nath Chattopadhyay for English continued as home tutor. Before the appointment of Aghornath , Rakhal Das datta was performing the same duty. Rabindranath and Somendranath started lesson from First Book of Reading.
Sejadada , Hemendranath was in charge of guiding their lessons. Rabindranath staarted wrestling, gymnastic , stick game.
Rabindranath sat for the annual examination in Bengali under the second teacher (Pandit) Madhusudan Bachaspati . Rabindranath got highest mark in the examination . at this Haranath pandit complained to the authority about the partiality taken by Madhusudan Bachaspaty. Rabindranath was re-examined under strict supervision of the Superintendent . But this time also Rabindranath got the highest mark. This was the academic credit earned by Rabinadranath in Class IV of Normal School.
Rabindranath promoted to Class V in 1870 in Normal School.
This year their syllabus was a bit heavy. Physics by Akshoy Kumar Datta. Rabindranath commented that in Physics there were no sign for Material.Hemendranath was in favour of lessons on different subjects. Under the private tutor Aghornath Chattopadhyay Second Book of Reading by Parry Charan Sircar.They had started English Grammer. Sitanath Datta taught Natural Science with the help of instruments.
Beginning of Class VI in 1871 in Normal School.
Rabindranath mentioned in Jibansmriti that he did not receive any prize (academic) in the school. Only once he got a prize for good conduct." Satya was brilliant student among the three. Once he got a prize in class promotion.Rabindranath joyfully called "Gundada Satya got a prize. " Gundada asked , "you did not receive any prize ?"
Rabindranath described his daily time table.
They get up from bed before the sun rises. Put on short pant to practice wrestling. Training of bones of human body from a medical student. At 7 am to 9 am under Nilkamal Ghosal study of .Physics, Meghnad Badh Kaabya, Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, history, Geography, After this we had to go to school taking our bath and food. After the school hours, at 4-30 pm gymnastic and drawing. at the evening English study under Aghornath Chattopadhyay upto 9 pm.
In Dec 1871, Rabindranath promoted to Class VII in Normal School. But his life in Normal school or in Bengali School ended. In Feb 1872 study in Normal School ended when he was a student of class
After leaving Normal School he was admitted in an Anglo Indian school namely Bengal Academy at the end of 1872.
Our prestige increased at this stage. Their dresses were categorically changed.
The merits of Rabindranath was gradually increasing in different directions.
Debendranath wrote in a letter dt.31Dec 1971 from Amritsar to Bacharam Chattopadhyay, an important leader of Brahmmo Samaj, " I became glad to learn that Rabindranath and others joined
in the Meditation at Behala.I haven't listen anything about their teaching in Brahmanism". This informs us that Rabindranath joined in the 18th session of Brahmo Samaj (15tnh Nov) in Behala as a singer.
The sixth annual session of Hindoo Mela was held on 13th Feb.in the garden house at Kashipore of Rajabaidyanath Roy . To report of this session National Paper wrote in a column, "..A young lad also rose and chanted exempore verses dwelling upon the great virtues of Rama. Then rose also many other young lads and read little excellent pieces of poems."It may be imagined that the young lad was none but Rabindranath.
Gunendranath and Jyotirindranath were attending office building of Debendranath. Actually it was not a office building but but a place for club. Gunendranath after entering the office usually took his seat in an easy chair. At this opportunity Rabindranath sat on his lap. Gunendranath used to narrate history of India and said that Clive was the person responsible establishing British Rule in India but Clive got suicide with the help of a razor. Sometimes he discovered that a copy book was hidden in the pocket of Rabindranath. Rabindranath wrote, " I wrote some poem titled Bharat Mata. In that poem there was a line ending "NIKATE", I could not find a suitable word fit to get a rythm . at last I used the word "Sakate". On hearing Gunendranath laughed in a loud voice. ".
Upper age limit of Vdernacular scholarship was 15 years of age.
This was the type of syllabus followed by Rabindranath. 2nd elder brother Hemendranath taught them more of the above syllabus.
In 1867, Rabindranath promoted to class II in Govt. Pathsala.
In this class they studied Bodhoday after finishing Barnaparichay 2nd Part.,Primary lesson of Geography, history, hygiene and first four rules of arithmetic, Bodhaday of Ishwar Chandra was within their syllabus.
He got acquaintance with Ramayana from their servant Ishwar Chandra.
He got the idea of infinite dimension of universe from his Pandit and his imaginative power were gradually extended.
Rabindranath promoted to class III in 1868 in Normal School.
Nilkamal Ghosal was working as a private tutor to them (Rabindranath, Somendranath and and Satyaprasad) appointed on Oct 1866 and was teaching in the morning 6 am to 9-30 am. From this year (1868) Rabindranath was formally learning English though it was not teaching his school. He started reading The first book of Reading [1853] by Parry Charan Sarkar. Rabindranath wrote in Chelebala " When the students of our age were fluently reading 'I am up' Ami hai upare , He is down-Tini han niche , then my knowledge did not reach to B-A-D bad, M-A-D . the book he referred was not First Book of Reading .
This was the time of Rabindranath to begin "creating of poetry".He started creating of poetry in Blue papered Khata got from the personals of the family office.
Rabindranath started class IV in 1869 at Normal School.
Nilkamal Ghosh and Aghor Nath Chattopadhyay for English continued as home tutor. Before the appointment of Aghornath , Rakhal Das datta was performing the same duty. Rabindranath and Somendranath started lesson from First Book of Reading.
Sejadada , Hemendranath was in charge of guiding their lessons. Rabindranath staarted wrestling, gymnastic , stick game.
Rabindranath sat for the annual examination in Bengali under the second teacher (Pandit) Madhusudan Bachaspati . Rabindranath got highest mark in the examination . at this Haranath pandit complained to the authority about the partiality taken by Madhusudan Bachaspaty. Rabindranath was re-examined under strict supervision of the Superintendent . But this time also Rabindranath got the highest mark. This was the academic credit earned by Rabinadranath in Class IV of Normal School.
Rabindranath promoted to Class V in 1870 in Normal School.
This year their syllabus was a bit heavy. Physics by Akshoy Kumar Datta. Rabindranath commented that in Physics there were no sign for Material.Hemendranath was in favour of lessons on different subjects. Under the private tutor Aghornath Chattopadhyay Second Book of Reading by Parry Charan Sircar.They had started English Grammer. Sitanath Datta taught Natural Science with the help of instruments.
Beginning of Class VI in 1871 in Normal School.
Rabindranath mentioned in Jibansmriti that he did not receive any prize (academic) in the school. Only once he got a prize for good conduct." Satya was brilliant student among the three. Once he got a prize in class promotion.Rabindranath joyfully called "Gundada Satya got a prize. " Gundada asked , "you did not receive any prize ?"
Rabindranath described his daily time table.
They get up from bed before the sun rises. Put on short pant to practice wrestling. Training of bones of human body from a medical student. At 7 am to 9 am under Nilkamal Ghosal study of .Physics, Meghnad Badh Kaabya, Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, history, Geography, After this we had to go to school taking our bath and food. After the school hours, at 4-30 pm gymnastic and drawing. at the evening English study under Aghornath Chattopadhyay upto 9 pm.
In Dec 1871, Rabindranath promoted to Class VII in Normal School. But his life in Normal school or in Bengali School ended. In Feb 1872 study in Normal School ended when he was a student of class
After leaving Normal School he was admitted in an Anglo Indian school namely Bengal Academy at the end of 1872.
Our prestige increased at this stage. Their dresses were categorically changed.
The merits of Rabindranath was gradually increasing in different directions.
Debendranath wrote in a letter dt.31Dec 1971 from Amritsar to Bacharam Chattopadhyay, an important leader of Brahmmo Samaj, " I became glad to learn that Rabindranath and others joined
in the Meditation at Behala.I haven't listen anything about their teaching in Brahmanism". This informs us that Rabindranath joined in the 18th session of Brahmo Samaj (15tnh Nov) in Behala as a singer.
The sixth annual session of Hindoo Mela was held on 13th Feb.in the garden house at Kashipore of Rajabaidyanath Roy . To report of this session National Paper wrote in a column, "..A young lad also rose and chanted exempore verses dwelling upon the great virtues of Rama. Then rose also many other young lads and read little excellent pieces of poems."It may be imagined that the young lad was none but Rabindranath.
Gunendranath and Jyotirindranath were attending office building of Debendranath. Actually it was not a office building but but a place for club. Gunendranath after entering the office usually took his seat in an easy chair. At this opportunity Rabindranath sat on his lap. Gunendranath used to narrate history of India and said that Clive was the person responsible establishing British Rule in India but Clive got suicide with the help of a razor. Sometimes he discovered that a copy book was hidden in the pocket of Rabindranath. Rabindranath wrote, " I wrote some poem titled Bharat Mata. In that poem there was a line ending "NIKATE", I could not find a suitable word fit to get a rythm . at last I used the word "Sakate". On hearing Gunendranath laughed in a loud voice. ".
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