Israel Names Street After Rabindranath Tagore Honouring His 159th Birth Anniversary

Yesterday marked the 159th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore and like every year, people of Kolkata celebrated like it was their own day! As the lockdown didn’t permit gatherings, Tagore fans from all across the world took to social media to post videos of poetry recitations and renditions of popular Rabindra Sangeet. Some even donned a saree and danced to his songs!

Rabindranath Tagore’s contribution to arts, literature, and politics isn’t unknown to the world. Which is probably why, Israel named one of their streets in honour of Tagore’s 159th birth anniversary, reports India Today.

The news was shared by the official Twitter account of ‘Israel in India’. The honour was given in memory of Tagore’s “contribution to mankind”.

We honor #RabindranathTagore today and every day, as we named a street in Tel Aviv in memory of his valuable contribution to mankind. pic.twitter.com/ZH826Ot0aP

— Israel in India (@IsraelinIndia) May 7, 2020

People on the internet are thanking Israel for this great honour! Have a look:

Thank you israel in India You are really a good friend of india

— Nirbhay Singh (@itsNirbhayS) May 7, 2020

আমি চিনি গো চি তোমারে ওগো বিদেশিনী।
তুমি থাকো সিন্ধু পারে ওগো বিদেশিনী।।❤️#rabindranathtagorejayanti

— Sanchana (@sBiswas50089926) May 7, 2020

Thank you Israel🇮🇱 we love you 😊

— The_Real_Minority (@minority_real) May 7, 2020

India 🙂

— Christopher McCandless (@Kiritin_) May 7, 2020

Thanks israel for this honour of 'gurudev' ie. RN tagore

— प्रभात || Prabhat (@Hindiwalaah) May 7, 2020

আজ ২৫শে বৈশাখে বিশ্বকবি রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুরের জন্মদিনে তাকে স্মরণ করার জন্য আন্তরিক ধন্যবাদ জানাই ইজরায়েল কে।
I would like to express my sincere thanks to Israel for remembering World Poet Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore on his 159th birthday, 25th of Baishakh.

— Saaheb S. (@saaaaaheb) May 8, 2020

Thank you for your gesture. As someone inspired by Tagore, my heart is filled with gratitude.

— S S Bhattacharyya (@happyshankha) May 7, 2020

Thank you, #Israel @netanyahu, for honouring, Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, one of the greatest intellectuals of the world of all time. Tagore is to India what the great sage Haim Nachman Bialik is to Israel.

— हीरामनHeeramanतिवारीTiwari 🇮🇳 (@heeraman98) May 7, 2020

Wwoooww….👏👏 What a great spirit to acknowledge #RabindranathTagore contribution to human civilization 🙏

— अमित कुमार Amit Kumar🇮🇳 (@HindustaniAmitK) May 7, 2020

A proud moment for us Indians!