Who was the first Indian to get the Nobel Prize?

Question

Match the following books with their authors.

Books		Authors
a	Adventures of Tom Sawyer	i	Charles Dickens
b	Around the World in eighty days	ii	Arthur Conan Doyle
c	Gulliver's Travels	iii	Jules Verne
d	Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	iv	Mark Twain
e	David Copperfield	v	Jonathan Swift

Answer 1

This question is about the earliest Nobel Prize connected to India.

The Nobel Prize was first given in 1901, and it took over a decade before an Indian was honoured.
In 1913, Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his poetry collection Gitanjali, translated into English by himself.
This win made him the first Indian, and also the first person from Asia, to receive a Nobel Prize in any category.
He remains one of the most respected literary figures from India because of this achievement.

The answer is Rabindranath Tagore.

Answer 2

This question is about the earliest Nobel Prize connected to India.

The Nobel Prize was first given in 1901, and it took over a decade before an Indian was honoured.
In 1913, Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his poetry collection Gitanjali, translated into English by himself.
This win made him the first Indian, and also the first person from Asia, to receive a Nobel Prize in any category.
He remains one of the most respected literary figures from India because of this achievement.

The answer is Rabindranath Tagore.

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