Question

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

• A. Urban industrial development
• B. Development of agriculture, cooperatives, industries, and education
• C. Promotion of international trade
• D. Establishment of political organizations

Answer 1

Answer:

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

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.