North Gate of the West Bengal Raj Bhavan renamed after Rabindranath Tagore

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose renamed the north gate of the Raj Bhavan as 'Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore Gate’ as a mark of respect to the Nobel laureate.

In addition, Bose has also sought a report from the Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Visva Bharati University on a proposed action to pay homage to Rabindranath Tagore on the new plaque to commemorate the grant of UNESCO World Heritage site status to the university.

In a statement, Governor Bose said, "Gurudev Tagore (Rabindranath Tagore) is revered as the symbol of the cultural sublimity of Bengal, Bharat and the entire civilised world.



Kaviguru should be honoured on the new plaque to be installed in VB Visva (Bharati University)."

Notably, days after Santiniketan got the UNESCO tag on September 17, three plaques commemorating the honour were erected in different parts of the Visva Bharati University campus with the names of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former Vice-Chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty.

However, it did not contain the name of Tagore, the founder of Santiniketan and Visva Bharati.

Later on Thursday, the Centre instructed the Visva Bharati University to replace the controversial plaques.