1902, one of fifteen "Indian Representatives of British Indian Provinces" to be present at the coronation in Westminster Abbey. When George V visited India in 1905, Tagore was the Secretary of the Imperial Reception Committee. During the King's stop in Kolkata, he gave a "lavish and extensive entertainment" on the maidan for him. He was knighted in May 1906 by the Prince of Wales (later George V), and was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) in the 1936 Birthday Honours. The Tagores built a number of extravagant palaces in Kolkata and elsewhere. Prodyot Coomar Tagore divided his time between Tagore Castle, a fanciful imitation of European castles; The Prasad nearby, now used by the United Nations; and Emerald Bower, a country estate now part of Rabindra Bharati University. Prodyot Coomar Tagore died on 28 August 1942 in Varanasi. References 1873 births 1942 deaths People from Kolkata 19th-century Bengalis Bengali Hindus Social workers from West Bengal Indian philanthropists Indian art collectors Prodyot Coomar Bengali zamindars Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Knights Bachelor Indian knights