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Gitanjali was originally written in ............language .

AHindi language

BBengali language

CSanskrit language

DTamil language

Answer:

B. Bengali language

Read Explanation:

  • Rabindranath Tagore won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature for his English translation of Gitanjali, a collection of poems in Bengal.

  • Title: Gitanjali is a Bengali word that translates to "Song Offering"

  • Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet and writer.

  • Tagore was the first non-European, Asian, and Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.


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