Rabindranath Tagore and His Interpretation of the Main Course of Indian History

Abstract

After a careful study of India’s past, Tagore was convinced that the carving out of great empires through bloodshed and conquest had not formed the real trend of India’s history. Rather the focus of his country had rested on a moral conquest by her of those who had come as invaders thereby making them one of her own. This gave him profound insight into Hindu–Muslim relations in Bengal.