Who established Shantiniketan and when?

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1. Read the options: the likely founders listed are Mahatma Gandhi, Ravindranath (Rabindranath) Tagore, and Devendranath (Debendranath) Tagore with various years.
2. Historical fact: Maharshi Debendranath Tagore bought the land at Santiniketan in the 19th century (around $1863$) and established a bhadralok ashram, but the modern school at Shantiniketan (the Brahmacharya or Patha Bhavana) was started by Rabindranath Tagore.
3. Rabindranath Tagore formally began his school at Shantiniketan in the year $1901$.
4. Therefore among the given options, the correct match is Ravindranath (Rabindranath) Tagore, $1901$.

FINAL_ANSWER: b

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