He built a soil testing laboratory, imported plant-seeds, borrowed tractors and customized the farming equipment to the requirements of the area.

[4] A few months after his marriage, at his father's request, Tagore left Pratima at Shilaidaha and moved to Shantiniketan to help in the development of Visva-Bharati University.

[4] Undated letters exchanged between Tagore and Pratima show that the distance created a rift between the couple and that they grew apart from one another.

[4] Pratima accompanied her husband and father-in-law in their visits to many distant places, including England and Europe.

Having been trained in the agricultural sciences, he played the most significant role in greening the entire brahmacharya ashram.

[4] During his tenure, Tagore developed a deep tenderness for Mira, who was thirty-one years younger and married to another professor, Nirmalchandra Chattapodhyay.

[10][11] When Nehru asked Tagore to "remove" Nirmalchandra and Mira from Shantiniketan, he felt insulted and, instead, resigned citing "ill-health".

[4][12] In an undated letter to Mira, Tagore expressed the wish to spend his remaining days in peace with her and said that "Miru" was the only one who mattered to him.

1952, An Exhibition of Paintings and Woodwork, Government College of Art[14] In 2013, Visva-Bharati University set up a museum in the memory of Rathindranath Tagore.

Guha-Ghar, which was built by Tagore and served as his residence at Shantiniketan, houses the museum and displays many of his art works.