Over a period of time, the celebration has changed emphasis from nationalism to a broader celebration of all things India.
"Dissuading students from nationalism was one of my many tasks."
Rabindranath's life, his works and the history of his institutions mark a progress from nationalism to universal humanism.
"I personally couldn't be more remote from Serbian nationalism," he told a session of the Democratic Party leadership.
Do the 160 million Russians suffer from Armenian or Polish nationalism?
There were disagreements between the Germans which involved many political ideologies, ranging from nationalism to communism.
But worried business executives say these ads are crossing the thin line separating business competition from nationalism and even racism.
Once in power Kenyatta swerved from radical nationalism to conservative bourgeois politics.
The educational transition from pre-Hitler nationalism to Nazism was quick and easy.
Rather than national liberation, it seems to be liberation from nationalism that must be the goal for the 21st century.