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India · 1913Ghadar Party founded abroad; Tagore becomes Asia's first Nobel laureate

Revolutionary nationalism went global as Indian émigrés founded the Ghadar Party on the US Pacific coast and Gandhi's satyagraha in South Africa reached a major climax. The Muslim League's Lucknow session adopted self-government as an objective, narrowing the Congress–League gap, while Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Key figures

Rabindranath Tagore — won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature for Gitanjali, the first Asian literature laureate.Mohandas K. Gandhi — led the 1913 march and satyagraha in South Africa.Lala Har Dayal — leading ideologue and organiser of the Ghadar Party.Sohan Singh Bhakna — first president of the Ghadar Party.Dadasaheb Phalke — directed Raja Harishchandra (1913), the first Indian feature film; known as the 'father of Indian cinMuhammad Ali Jinnah — joined the All-India Muslim League in 1913 while remaining in Congress.

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