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Detailed explanation-1: -Poet Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 for his collection Gitanjali published in London in 1912. The prize gained even more significance by being given to an Indian for the first time. This honour established Tagore’s literary reputation worldwide.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rabindranath Tagore became the first non-European to win a Nobel Prize in Literature on this day in 1913. On November 13, 1913, Tagore was announced as the first non-European Literature Laureate, reveals a post shared by the Nobel Prize Organisation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sir Rabindranath Tagore, the first Asian Nobel Laureate in Literature in 1913, Sir Rabindranath Tagore, the first Asian Nobel Laureate in Literature in 1913, the soul of India, an eminent in various fields gave the historical lecture at some Japanese universities. Keio University is one of the universities.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tagore had got only one nomination. In 1913, he had been nominated by Thomas Sturge S Moore, member of the Royal Society of Literature, UK.