--- title: "Who is the first Nobel Prize winner in India?" description: "Who is the first Nobel Prize winner in India?" author: "Tarun Gautam" published: 2018-01-19 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33290/who-is-the-first-nobel-prize-winner-in-india category: "history, politics & society" tags: ["history", "first nobel prize winner in india"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Who is the first Nobel Prize winner in India? Who is the first Nobel [Prize winner](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1110/some-indian-nobel-prize-winner-after-1947) in [India](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/336618/top-10-electric-bicycles-in-india-in-2024-to-improve-your-health)? ## Answers ### Answer by Uttam Misra **First Indian who was awarded by [Nobel Prize](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2074/genetics-of-human-evolution-wins-2022-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine) is RAVINDRANATH TAGORE** also called **GURUDEV**. In **1913** for the unforgettable work of “**Geetanjali**” **Rabindranath Tagore** was honored with **Nobel Prize** as well as became **the first Indian to achieve this honor.** He was a great **Poet**, **Philosopher**, **Writer** and **Painter**. The year 1861 on 7th of May in Kolkata, gave India a precious gemstone Rabindranath Tagore. His father **Devendranath Tagore** was a renowned advocate and wanted his son to be a famous **advocate**. So his father send him to London, but Rabindranath had no interest in the studies of advocacy therefore he left his course incomplete and did not get the degree and came back to **India**. ![Who is the first Nobel Prize winner in India?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/5708d67d-aa8e-447c-be30-598ef6c2bbd3/images/e94634d5-7e3b-4df7-810a-3db4f9c8432d.png) At the age of **8** he wrote his first **poem**, He was a great thinker and a social worker. He was a lover of Nature and wanted that children should learn by the nature and with the nature. Therefore he founded **Shantiniketan** for **natural education** of **students**. Shantiniketan was the dream of **Gurudev** which came true in **1901**. After many efforts of Gurudev, Shantiniketan become university having campuses full of greenery and big library enriched with books of literature and arts.\ **Gurudev** had excellent command on **Hindi** and **Bangla**. His most of the works are in these two languages. His **Nobel Prize winner Geetanjali is in Bengali language published in 1910 having 104 pages is a collection of poems based on devotion.** National Anthem of India the “**JAN GAN MAN**” and Bangladesh’s the “**AAMAR SONAAR BANGLA**” is a priceless gift of **Rabindranath Tagore** to these countries. Gurudev is not present among us today but he is always alive in our hearts and lives by his incredible and **immortal** work. \ \ --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33290/who-is-the-first-nobel-prize-winner-in-india Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.