Study Guide · Chapter 8
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| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Author of the Arthashastra | Kautilya (Chanakya) |
| Author of the Ashtadhyayi | Panini |
| "Shakespeare of India" | Kalidasa |
| Earliest systematic historical chronicle in India | Rajatarangini, by Kalhana |
| Autobiography of Babur | Baburnama (Tuzuk-i-Baburi) |
| Author of the Akbarnama and Ain-i-Akbari | Abul Fazl |
| Novel containing "Vande Mataram" | Anandamath, by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay |
| Gandhi's book on self-rule | Hind Swaraj |
| Nehru's prison-written history book | The Discovery of India |
| Ambedkar's critique of caste | Annihilation of Caste |
| First Indian Nobel laureate | Rabindranath Tagore (Literature, 1913) |
| India's highest literary award | Jnanpith Award |
| First Jnanpith Award recipient | G. Sankara Kurup (1965) |
| First Booker Prize-winning Indian novel | Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie (1981) |
| First Indian-language novel to win the International Booker | Tomb of Sand (Hindi), Geetanjali Shree (2022) |
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