Shantiniketan

Neighbourhood in Bolpur, Birbhum, West Bengal, India

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Shantiniketan is a neighbourhood of Bolpur town in the Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in West Bengal, India, approximately 152 km north of Kolkata. It was established by Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, and later expanded by his son, Rabindranath Tagore whose vision became what is now a university town with the creation of Visva-Bharati.

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Court quashes Visva-Bharati's eviction order against Amartya Sen A Birbhum court has overturned Visva-Bharati University's order for Nobel laureate Amartya Sen to vacate a portion of land at his ancestral home in Santiniketan. The court deemed the university's.. IndiaTimes - Published on January 31, 2024
V-B gets new plaque with Tagore name Two large steel and glass frames housing Unesco's World Heritage Site certification and acknowledging Rabindranath Tagore as the founder and guiding light of the Visva-Bharati campus replaced on.. IndiaTimes - Published on December 6, 2023
Vishva Bharti University clarifies on row over Unesco plaques, says they're temporary Visva-Bharati University in Kolkata clarified that the plaques recently installed to mark Santiniketan's UNESCO heritage status were temporary and would be replaced soon. The plaques had caused.. IndiaTimes - Published on October 25, 2023

Hoysala empire temples in Karnataka listed as UNESCO World Heritage The development comes a day after Shantiniketan in West Bengal was listed as a heritage site. DNA - Published on September 18, 2023
Santiniketan, home of Rabindranath Tagore in West Bengal, included in UNESCO's World Heritage List Santiniketan in West Bengal has been included in UNESCO's World Heritage List. DNA - Published on September 17, 2023
Santiniketan set to get Unesco World Heritage Site tag A decade-long campaign to get Santiniketan recognised as a Unesco World Heritage Site looks set to finally pay off, with the International Council on Monuments and Sites, an international advisory body.. IndiaTimes - Published on May 10, 2023

NEP’s roots in Santiniketan education model of Rabindranath Tagore, says Amit Shah The National Education Policy was inspired by Rabindranath Tagore’s model of education and introduced at Santiniketan, Union home minister Amit Shah said in tribute to the poet on his 162nd birth.. IndiaTimes - Published on May 9, 2023
Amid encroachment row, Didi gives Amartya land deed Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday handed over land record documents of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s residence in Santiniketan to the economist, dismissing claims of the current Visva-Bharati.. IndiaTimes - Published on January 30, 2023
Partha Chatterjee's Santiniketan home searched IndiaTimes - Published on August 3, 2022