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Portrait of Debendranath Tagore

Debendranath Tagore (May 15, 1817 - January 19, 1905) was an Indian Bengali philosopher and Hindu reformer from current-day West Bengal, in India. His son, Rabindrantah Tagore was a Nobel Prize winning poet. Debendranath was himself a leading contributor to the Bengali renaissance. A philanthropist and social activist, Debendranath's interest in democracy and in education helped to produce a generation of Indians from whom the leaders of the nation emerged in its independence struggle against the British Empire.

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Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building

New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most populous city in the United States, and the most densely populated major city in North America. The city is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture, and is one of the world's major global cities (along with London, Tokyo and Paris) with a virtually unrivaled collection of museums, galleries, performance venues, media outlets, international corporations, and stock exchanges. The city is also home to the United Nations, along with all of the international missions associated with it.

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