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What was the primary focus of the Rural Reconstruction Institute established by Rabindranath Tagore at Shantiniketan in 1921?

AUrban industrial development

BDevelopment of agriculture, cooperatives, industries, and education

CPromotion of international trade

DEstablishment of political organizations

Answer:

B. Development of agriculture, cooperatives, industries, and education

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Shantiniketan

  • Shri Rabindra Nath Tagore, under rural development work, started youth organizations in the villages of Kaligram Pargana.

  • He tried to create a class of functionary workers who could learn to identify themselves with the people.

  • In 1921, he established a Rural Reconstruction Institute at Shantiniketan.

  • A group of eight villages was the centre of the programme to cover the development of agriculture, cooperatives, industries and education through village organizations.


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