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The first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature was

  1. A
    Rabindranath Tagore
  2. B
    Mother Teresa
  3. C
    C.V. Raman
  4. D
    Sarojini Naidu

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Rabindranath Tagore became the first non-European and first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913, awarded following the publication of his highly acclaimed collection of poems, Gitanjali.

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The first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature was
A
Rabindranath Tagore
B
Mother Teresa
C
C.V. Raman
D
Sarojini Naidu

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