Who among the following Indians have won the Booker Prize award?

Salman Rushdie

Arundhati Roy

Geetanjali Shree

Kiran Desai

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International Booker Prize (earlier Man Booker International Prize) is given to an author for their work written in an international language, then translated into English. Meanwhile, Booker Prize is awarded to a book/novel written in English.
Till now, five Indians have won the prestigious Booker Prize award: VS Naipaul won the award for In a Free State in 1971; Salman Rushdie for Midnight’s Children in 1981; Arundhati Roy for The God of Small Things in 1997; Kiran Desai for The Inheritance of Loss in 2006; Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger in 2008.
So far, 6 Indians have been nominated for International Booker Prize: Salman Rushdie in 2007; Mahasweta Devi and VS Naipaul in 2009; Rohinton Mistry in 2011; UR Ananthamurthy in 2013; Amitav Ghosh in 2015. Geetanjali Shree became the first Indian author to win the International Booker Prize (in 2022).

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International Booker Prize (earlier Man Booker International Prize) is given to an author for their work written in an international language, then translated into English. Meanwhile, Booker Prize is awarded to a book/novel written in English.
Till now, five Indians have won the prestigious Booker Prize award: VS Naipaul won the award for In a Free State in 1971; Salman Rushdie for Midnight’s Children in 1981; Arundhati Roy for The God of Small Things in 1997; Kiran Desai for The Inheritance of Loss in 2006; Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger in 2008.
So far, 6 Indians have been nominated for International Booker Prize: Salman Rushdie in 2007; Mahasweta Devi and VS Naipaul in 2009; Rohinton Mistry in 2011; UR Ananthamurthy in 2013; Amitav Ghosh in 2015. Geetanjali Shree became the first Indian author to win the International Booker Prize (in 2022).

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