______ was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1913 and a knighthood in 1915.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 3 i.e Rabindranath Tagore
1. Poet Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 for his collection Gitanjali published in London in 1912.
2. The prize gained even more significance by being given to an Indian for the first time. This honour established Tagore’s literary reputation worldwide.
3. Tagore returned his Knighthood for Services to Literature, which he was awarded in 1915, in protest against the 1919 Amritsar Massacre.