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Who established Shantiniketan and when?

  1. AMahatma Gandhi, 1910
  2. BRavindranath Tagore, 1901Correct answer
  3. CRavindranath Tagore, 1905
  4. DDevendranath Tagore, 1915
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B. Ravindranath Tagore, 1901

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Ravindranath Tagore, 1901. Shantiniketan was founded as an ashram in 1863 by Debendranath Tagore and later developed by Rabindranath Tagore into a centre of learning, becoming Visva-Bharati University in 1921. In 2023, it was inscribed as India’s 41st UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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