GK
INDIAN CULTURE
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Question
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Which of the following set up a school at his estate?
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Balwantrao Gangadhar Tilak
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Rabindranath Tagore
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Mohandas Gandhi
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Taj Mahal
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Tagore was of the view that creative learning could be encouraged only within a natural environment. So he chose to set up his school 100 kilometres away from Calcutta, in a rural setting.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tagore was first admitted to the Oriental Seminary School in Calcutta (now Kolkata). At the age of 7 years in 1868 he decided that he will never go to school, a place where students are being punished and beaten with sticks. He dropped out of school only after a month of his admission.
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