Gitindranath Tagore
Gitindranath Tagore biography, wiki, wife, daughters, siblings, family
| Biography | |
|---|---|
| Name | Gitindranath Tagore |
| Profession | Deputy general manager at Elgin Mills |
| Famous for | Being Sharmila Tagore's father |
| Date of Birth | Not Known |
| Birth Place | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Caste | Brahmin |
| Mother Tongue | Bengali |
| Height | in centimeters- 175 cm in meters- 1.75 m in Feet Inches- 5ft 9in |
| Eye Color | Black |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Family and Marriage Details | |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Wife/Spouse | Ira Tagore (née Baruah) |
| Children | |
| Daughter(s) | Sharmila Tagore Romila Tagore Sen (Chinky Tagore Sen) Oindrila Tagore Kundu (Tinku Tagore Kundu) |
| Parents | |
| Father | Kanakendranath Tagore |
| Mother | Suramasundari Devi |
| Sibling(s) | |
| Sister(s) | Gouri Chaudhuri (née Tagore) Anubha Mookerjee (née Tagore) Shima Gupta (née Tagore) Shukla Ray (née Tagore) Karabi Tagore |
| Brother(s) | Kobindra Tagore Bhechku Tagore |
| Other Relative(s) | |
| Niece(s) | Jayoti Lahiri (née Chaudhuri) Shubhra Tagore (née Mookerjee) Sangeeta Ray |
| Nephew(s) | Rajat Chaudhuri Joy Gupta |
| Grandfather (Paternal) | Gaganendranath Tagore (Painter and Cartoonist) |
| Granddaughter(s) | Soha Ali Khan (Actress) Saba Ali Khan (Jewellery designer) |
| Grandson(s) | Saif Ali Khan (Actor) Mickey Kundu |
| Son-in-law(s) | Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (Cricketer) Dilip Kundu Nikhil Sen |
| Brother-in-law(s) | Ramendra Nath Mookerjee Indra Kumar Gupta Kalyan Kumar Ray |
| Sister-in-law(s) | Manju Tagore |
| Mother-in-law | Latika Barua (née Tagore) |
| Father-in-law | Jnanadabhiram Barua |
| Education Details | |
| School | Not Known |
| College | Not Known |
| Educational Qualification | Post Graduate |
| Other Details | |
| Food Habit | Vegetarian |
| Facts | |
| Gitindranath Tagore was the father of famous actress Sharmila Tagore. He was born in a aristocratic Bengali Hindu Tagore family to Kanakendranath Tagore and his wife Suramasundari Devi. | |
| He had 9 siblings: Kobindra Tagore, Bhechku Tagore, Gouri Tagore, Anubha Tagore, Shima Tagore, Shukla Tagore & Karabi Tagore. 1 | |
| Gitindranath Tagore worked as a deputy general manager at Elgin Mills owned by British India Corporation. 2 | |
| He was distantly related to the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore as his great-grandfather Gunendranath Tagore was the first cousin of Rabindranath Tagore. | |
| His wife, Ira Tagore (née Baruah) was also closely related to Rabindranath Tagore as her mother Latika Barua (née Tagore) was the granddaughter of Rabindranath Tagore's brother, Dwijendranath Tagore. | |
| His father-in-law, Jnanadabhiram Barua was the first principal of Earl Law College in Guwahati (now known as Government Law College). | |
| Eldest daughter, Sharmila Tagore is a well known actress. She got married to Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, former captain of the Indian cricket team and the titular Nawab of Pataudi on 27th December 1969. The couple had a son, Saif Ali Khan and two daughters, Soha Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan. 3 | |
| Second daughter, Oindrila Tagore aka Tinku Tagore was the first member from the tagore family to act in a film. She played the role of 'Mini' in Tapan Sinha's movie Kabuliwala (1957). This was her only movie and she later became an international bridge player and won several national level trophies. Oindrila got married to Dilip Kundu and the couple had a son, Mickey Kundu. | |
| Third daughter, Romila Tagore aka Chinky Tagore married Nikhil Sen, a businessman who served as chief operating officer (COO) of Britannia Industries for several years and later founded Unibic Foods. He died in November 2019. Nikhil Sen was the brother of supermodel of the 80s, Nandini Sen. 4 | |
| First sister, Gouri Chaudhuri has a son, Rajat Chaudhuri and a daughter, Jayoti Lahiri. | |
| Second sister, Anubha Mookerjee married Ramendra Nath Mookerjee and the couple has a daughter, Shubhra Tagore. | |
| Third sister, Shima Gupta married Indra Kumar Gupta and the couple has a son, Joy Gupta. | |
| Fourth sister, Shukla Ray married Kalyan Kumar Ray and the couple has a daughter, Sangeeta Ray. | |
| His brother Kobindra Tagore is married to Manju Tagore. | |
- https://www.geni.com/people/Gitindranath-Tagore/6000000018078190655?through=2869052[↩]
- https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/sharmila-tagore-birthday-special-unknown-facts-and-rare-images-view-pics--19050.html[↩]
- https://www.ndtv.com/photos/entertainment/sharmila-tagore-elegant-and-graceful-at-70-18937#photo-243597[↩]
- https://www.unibicfoods.com/corporate.html[↩]
