Explanation:

Role in the freedom struggle:

=> He denounced British imperialism, yet he did not fully support or agree with Gandhi and his Noncooperation Movement.

=> He viewed British rule as a symptom of the overall “sickness” of the social “disease” of the public. In his writings, he also voiced his support of Indian nationalists.

=> Rabindranath Tagore wrote the song Banglar Mati Banglar Jol (Soil of Bengal, Water of Bengal) to unite the Bengali population after Bengal partition in 1905.

=> He also wrote the famed ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’which helped ignite a feeling of nationalism amongst people.

=> He started the Rakhi Utsavwhere people from Hindu and Muslim communities tied colourful threads on each other’s wrists.

=> Tagore rejected violence from the British as well and renounced the knighthood that had been given to him in by Lord Hardinge in 1915 in protest of the violent Amritsar massacre in which the British killed at least 1526 unarmed Indian citizens.

=> The cornerstone of Tagore’s beliefs and work is the idea that anti-colonialism cannot simply be achieved by rejecting all things British, but should consist of incorporating all the best aspects of western culture into the best of Indian culture.

What freedom meant for Tagore?

=> “Freedom” does not simply mean political freedom from the British; True freedom means the ability to be truthful and honest with oneself otherwise autonomy loses all of its worth.