West Bengal revives request to acquire Tagore's London house
During her ongoing UK trip, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has reiterated her government's desire to acquire the London house where Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore lived for a few months in 1912. CM Banerjee reportedly wished to turn the estimated â¹23-crore property into a museum-cum-memorial. The issue was earlier raised during her 2015 visit to the UK.