Jyotirindranath Tagore
Born	4 May 1849 Calcutta, Bengal, British India
Died	4 March 1925 (aged 75) Ranchi, British India
Occupation(s)	Playwright, musician, editor and painter
Spouse	Kadambari Devi
Parent(s)	Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi

Jyotirindranath Tagore (Bengali: জ্যোতিরিন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 4 May 1849 – 4 March 1925) was a playwright, a musician, an editor and a painter from Bengal.^[1] He played a major role in the flowering of the talents of his younger brother, the first non-European Nobel Prize winner, Rabindranath Tagore.^[2]

Works

• Historical plays -Purubikram (1874), Sarojini (1875), Ashrumati (Woman in tears, 1879), Swapnamayi (Lady of Dream, 1882).
• Satirical plays - Kinchit Jalajog (Some Refreshments, 1873), Eman Karma Ar Korbo Na (I will never do such a thing again 1877), Hathath Nabab (Suddenly a Ruler, 1884), Alik Babu (Strange Man, 1900).
• Translations - Kalidas's Abhijñānaśākuntalam (The Recognition of Shakuntala) and Malati Madhava (Malati and Madhava); Sudrak's Mrichhatika (Little Clay Cart); Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations, Shakespeare's Julius Caesar; Bal Gangadhar Tilak’s Gita Rahasya.