# Govinda Babu — My Reminiscences character guide

> Govinda Babu in My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Gobinda Babu

**First appearance:** 0019-part-iv-xvii-my-home-environment

## Who they are

A neighbor and family friend who participates in cultural activities.

## In the story

### [IX: Practising Poetry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-ii-ix-practising-poetry)

The school superintendent who commissioned a moral poem and had the narrator recite it before the highest class.

### [X: Srikantha Babu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-iii-x-srikantha-babu)

Mentioned as the superintendent who would have shown more respect for the narrator's serious poem.

### [An Intervening Period](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-vii-xxxix-an-intervening-period)

Referenced as King Gobinda Manikya of Tipperah, the historical figure around whom the narrator's serial story 'Rajarshi' is based.

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