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Gitanjali was translated by Tagore from which language into English?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Gitanjali was translated by Tagore from which language into English?

  1. Hindi
  2. Sanskrit
  3. Bengali
  4. Persian
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Correct answer: C. Bengali

1. Tagore's original Gitanjali was a Bengali collection. 2. He self-translated into prose-poetry English for the 1912 edition. 3. The translation's style helped his cross-cultural reception. _Source: Project Gutenberg #7164 — Tagore's Gitanjali (1912 English edition) — "Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali (1912), translated from Bengali"_

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