Correct Answer - Option 2 : Rabindranath Tagore
The correct answer is 'Rabindranath Tagore.'
- Let's look at the details of the poets:
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Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016) was an Indian writer in Bengali and an activist.
- She was honored with various literary awards such as the Sahitya Akademi Award (in Bengali), Jnanpith Award, and Ramon Magsaysay Award along with India's civilian awards Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan.
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Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was born on 7 May 1861 in the Jorasanko mansion in Calcutta (West Bengal).
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In 1913, Rabindranath Tagore became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (27 June 1838 – 8 April 1894) was born in the village of Kanthalpara in the town of North 24 Parganas, Naihati, in an orthodox Bengali Brahmin family.
- Bankim Puraskar (Bankim Memorial Award) is the highest award given by the Government of West Bengal for contribution to Bengali fiction.
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Sunil Gangopadhyay or Sunil Ganguly (7 September 1934 – 23 October 2012) was an Indian poet, historian, and novelist in the Bengali language based in the city of Kolkata (West Bengal).
- In 1979, "National poet" honor was given by Akashbani Kolkata to Sunil Gangopadhyay.
- Therefore, we can say that among the following, Rabindranath Tagore is a Bengali poet and has won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.
Hence, the correct answer is option 2.
