Who is credited with reviving the Manipuri dance tradition in the early 20th century?
Rabindranath Tagore
Manipuri is a classical dance of Manipur. In 1919 Rabindranath Tagore watched a Manipuri performance in Sylhet and was so impressed that he invited Manipuri gurus to Santiniketan and made the dance a part of the curriculum there, bringing it to national attention. He is therefore credited with reviving the tradition in the early 20th century.
Uday Shankar pioneered a modern, Western-influenced Indian dance style; Rukmini Devi Arundale revived Bharatanatyam and founded Kalakshetra; Kelucharan Mohapatra was the great guru of Odissi.
Hence, the answer is Rabindranath Tagore.
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