The Tagore family were strong Indian patriots. In an age when it was "de rigueur" to imitate Western dress habits and to speak the English language in Indian high society, the Tagores kept Indian dress and chose to cultivate Bengali. While admiring the positive qualities he considered British society to possess, Satyendranath himself took the view it was necessary to reform and cultivate the Indian society which already existed.

He was one of the people associated with the Hindu Mela, whose purpose was to awaken this sense of patriotism in the lives of ordinary Indians. When the first session was held in April 1867, he was away in western India. However, he was present in Calcutta for the second session in 1868. He composed the song "mile sabe Bharat santan, ektan gaho gaan" (unite, India's children, sing in unison) for the occasion, which was hailed as the first national anthem of India. He wrote a number of other such patriotic songs.

ആദ്യകാലജീവിതം
സിവിൽ സർവീസ്
സംഭാവനകൾ
രാജ്യസ്നേഹം