1. Mrinalini Devi was a translator and the wife of Nobel laureate poet, philosopher, author and musician Rabindranath Tagore.
10 Facts About Mrinalini Devi
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Mrinalini Devi was from the Jessore district, where her father worked at the Tagore estate.
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Mrinalini Devi was born to Benimadhob Roy Choudhury and Dakshayoni at Phultala village, in the then Jessore of Bengal Presidency in British India.
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Mrinalini Devi studied until Class I in the local village school.
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Unlike traditional marriage which takes place in the bride's house, Mrinalini Devi married Rabindranath Tagore at the Maharshi Bhavan in the Jorasanko Thakur Bari, in Calcutta at the wish of Rabindranath's father Devendranath Tagore.
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Mrinalini Devi was not forced to do the household chores immediately after her marriage.
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Mrinalini Devi is reading it and translating it to my grandmother.
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Mrinalini Devi translated the Shanti Parva of the Mahabharata and Katha Upanishad.
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Mrinalini Devi sold off most of her wedding jewellery to fund this school.
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On 25 October 1886, Mrinalini Devi gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Madhurilata and nicknamed Bela.