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At a Glance: Indians who won Nobel Prize before Kailash Satyarthi

New Delhi: India has always been widely acclaimed for its aptitude in various fields be it music, literature, science or any other area. The recent success of ISRO's Mars Mission in its first attempt has

Rabindranath Tagore

Born on 7th May 1861, Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian to win the Nobel Peae Prize.

A Bengali Scholar, Rabindranath Tagore played a very important role in reshaping the Bengali literature.

Rabindranath Tagore who started writing poetry at the very young age of as eight years, modernised Bengali art by spurning rigid classical forms and resisting linguistic strictures.

Gitanjali (Song Offerings), Gora (Fair-Faced) and Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World) are some of the best-known works of Rabindranath Tagore.

Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.

Rabindranath Tagore composed and scored the national anthem of India “Jana Gana Mana, first sung in Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress on 27 December 1911.

 

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