 The Montessori Society of India was formed in 1926, and "Il Metodo" was translated into Gujarati and Hindi in 1927.By 1929, Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore had founded many "Tagore-Montessori" schools in India, and Indian interest in Montessori education was strongly represented at the International Congress in 1929.Montessori herself had been personally associated with the Theosophical Society since 1907.