Who was the first Noble Prize Winner in India?

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Bombay High Court Clerk Official Paper (Held On 12th Jan 2020)

Answer 1

The correct answer is Rabindranath Tagore

Key Points

The first Nobel Prize winner from India was Rabindranath Tagore.
He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in the year 1913.
Tagore was a renowned poet, philosopher, artist, playwright, composer and author who shaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel for his collection of poems called 'Gitanjali' (Song Offerings).
He was the first non-European laureate to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
His eloquent prose and magical poetry were highly influential and soon gained him a reputation as the "Bard of Bengal".