The correct answer is Option (1) - Pandit Ravi Shankar
- The first Indian to receive the prestigious Grammy Award was Pandit Ravi Shankar.
- The award was presented on February 10 at the 55th Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
- Shankar was a true pioneer in introducing Indian music to the West, he said, adding the music icon influenced artists across classical, jazz, pop, rock, and world music genres, including the Beatles, John Coltrane, Philip Glass, and his daughters, Norah Jones and Anoushka Shankar.
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