How did Rudyard Kipling become famous after moving to England in 1889?

When Rudyard Kipling moved to England in 1889, he did not arrive as an unknown; his reputation as a writer had already preceded him due to the success of his earlier works published in India, such as Plain Tales from the Hills and various short-story collections.1

Within a year of his arrival, he was acclaimed as one of the most brilliant prose writers of his time. His fame grew rapidly and was further solidified by the 1892 publication of his verse collection, Barrack-Room Ballads, which featured popular poems like "Mandalay" and "Gunga Din". The speed of his rise to literary prominence was compared to that of Lord Byron, and by 1892, he was widely considered to have taken the place of the late poet laureate, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, in the public estimation.12