Intn’l conference on Rabindranath Tagore to be held in association with Indonesia at Ramgarh

DEHRADUN: Former CM and Haridwar Lok Sabha MP Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Monday announced that Ramgarh near Nainital would play host to an international conference on Rabindranath Tagore next year in collaboration with the Indonesian government.
Nishank who returned from Indonesia recently where he had led an Indian delegation invited to participate in a seminar on the 90th anniversary of Tagore’s travel to the country, said that the Indonesian government would facilitate the 'Gurudev Jayanti' in Ramgarh where the Nobel laureate had composed part of his epic work 'Gitanjali' for which he was awarded the Noble prize for literature in 1913.
Providing details, the MP said, “Our delegation attended the functions held to commemorate 90 years of Tagore’s connection with Indonesia. In 1927, Gurudev had travelled to Indonesia and met two freedom fighters Dewantara and Sukarno both of whom were influenced by him. Sukarno later had become the first president of Indonesia while Dewantara became the country’s first education minister.”
Nishank added that during his visit, he also informed the people of Indonesia about the Uttarakhand connection of Rabindranath Tagore. “After hearing that Gurudev composed his greatest book 'Gitanjali' in Ramgarh, our hosts expressed interest in visiting the place. It was thereafter decided that next year, an international conference on Gurudev would be organised in which Tagore scholars from India, Indonesia and others parts of the world would be invited,” said Nishank.