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Shantiniketan

Shantiniketan (IPA: ) is a neighbourhood of Bolpur town in the Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in West Bengal, India, approximately 152 km north of Kolkata. It was established by Debendranath Tagore, and later expanded by his son, Rabindranath Tagore whose vision became what is now a university town with the creation of Visva-Bharati. It is also the birthplace of Indian Nobel LaureateAmartya Sen, who was also an alumnus of the school.
It was inscribed on the UNESCOWorld Heritage List by the World Heritage Committee in 2023.