Youth (1878-1901)

 Rabindranath went to England to study barrister in 1878. [6] He was first enrolled in a public school in Brighton. [7] In 1889 he began studying law at University College London. But he could not finish his studies due to his interest in literature. [6] While in England, Rabindranath became acquainted with the works of Shakespeare and other English writers. During this time he read Religio Medici, Coriolanus, and Anthony and Cleopatra with special attention. [6] These articles were published in the paper with a critique of his elder brother Dwijendranath Tagore, [6] in the name of a Bengali youth traveling to Europe. [22] This was Rabindranath's first prose book, first written in colloquial language. [6]

On 9 December 1883 (24 Agrahayan, 1290 BS), Rabindranath was married to Bhavatarini, the daughter of Benimadhab Roychowdhury, a subordinate of the Thakurbari. [69] : Madhurilta (18–1918), Rathindranath (18–1971), Renuka (1891–1903), Meera (1894–1989) and Shamindranath (1896–1908). [69] Renuka and Sham died at a very young age. [60] From 1891 onwards, at the behest of his father, Rabindranath began to supervise the zamindari of Nadia (that part of Nadia, now Kushtia district of Bangladesh), Pabna and Rajshahi districts, and Orissa. [61] Zamindar Rabindranath used to ride on a luxurious family barge called "Padma" in Shilaidaha to collect rent and seek blessings from the people. The villagers also used to hold banquets in his honor. [62]

Another famous book of poetry by Rabindranath, Mansi, was published in 1890. Between the ages of twenty and thirty, he published several more notable books of poetry and lyric poetry. These are Prabhat Sangeet, Shaishab Sangeet, Rabichchaya, Kari and Komal, etc. [63] This stage of his literary life is therefore known as the "Sadhana stage". [53] Half of the first eighty-four stories in Rabindranath's collection of short stories are composed at this stage. [63] In these short stories he painted an emotional and satirical picture of rural rural life in Bengal. [64]