Debendranath Tagore, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Debendranath Tagore

Indian philosopher

Date of Birth: 15-May-1817

Place of Birth: Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Date of Death: 19-Jan-1905

Profession: philosopher

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Debendranath Tagore (15 May 1817 – 19 January 1905) was a Bengali philosopher and religious savant, active in the Brahmo Samaj ("Community of Brahmins").
He was the founder in 1848 of the Brahmo religion, which today is synonymous with Brahmoism.
Born in Shilaidaha, his father was the industrialist Dwarkanath Tagore. Debendranath was a deeply religious man.
His movement, the Brahmo Samaj, was formed in 1843 by merging his Tattwabodhini Sabha with the Brahmo Sabha, ten years after the death of Raja Ram Mohan Roy, founder of the Brahmo Sabha.
The Brahmo Sabha had fallen away from its original aims and practices, as stated in its Trust deed of Brahmo Sabha.
However, Tagore aimed to revive the importance of this deed. Although Debendranath was deeply spiritual, he managed to continue to maintain his worldly affairs – he did not renounce his material possessions, as some Hindu traditions prescribed, but instead continued to enjoy them in a spirit of detachment.
His considerable material property included estates spread over several districts of Bengal; most famously, the Santiniketan estate near Bolpur in the Birbhum district, a later acquisition, where his eldest son Dwijendranath Tagore set up his school. Debendranath was a master of the Upanishads and played no small role in the education and cultivation of the faculties of his sons.