Complex sentence: In Bengal, he began learning the language and came to know Rabindranath Tagore and was with him at Santiniketan the day the news of him being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature was conveyed to him.
Split into simpler sentences: In Bengal, he began learning the language and came to know Rabindranath Tagore. Thompson was with Tagore at Santiniketan the day the news of him being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature was conveyed to him.