First Indian Recipient of the Nobel Prize

The question asks to identify the first ever Indian recipient of the prestigious Nobel Prize. The Nobel Prize is awarded annually for achievements in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences.

Let's look at the options provided:

• Rabindranath Tagore: A highly influential poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, and painter from Bengal.
• Mother Teresa: A Roman Catholic nun and missionary known for her humanitarian work.
• Amartya Sen: An economist and philosopher.
• CV Raman: A physicist known for his work in the field of light scattering.

To find the first Indian recipient, we need to know when each of these individuals received the Nobel Prize and in which field.

• Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.
• CV Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930.
• Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
• Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998.

Comparing the years, Rabindranath Tagore received the prize in 1913, which is the earliest year among the given options and indeed, he was the first Indian citizen to be awarded the Nobel Prize. He was recognized for his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West.

Therefore, Rabindranath Tagore holds the distinction of being the first Indian recipient of a Nobel Prize.