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 ==Tagore's Nationality== 
 I do understand that some editors bristle when Tagore's nationality is described as British Indian, but that is what it legally was.  [Here is a typical passport, similar to the one used by Tagore, in his many travels.  It clearly says British Indian passport.  I know it may be more meaningful to describe him as a citizen of Bengal or of the World, but legally he was a citizen of the British Indian Empire (which consisted of British India proper (i.e. territories administered by the British, e.g. Calcutta) and the Princely States (e.g. Kashmir)).   "