NOBEL PRICE WINNERS FROM INDIA

Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)
Field: Literature
For: Gitanjali (His collection of Poems, English version, published in 1912)
Year: 1913

• He was first Asian to win Nobel Prize
• He wrote our National Anthem (Later translated into English and is known as morning song of India)
• He founded Shanti Niketan, which later became VishwaBharati University
• He also wrote the National Anthem of Bangladesh "Amar Sonar Bangla (My Bengal of gold)".

Sir C.V. Raman (Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman) (1888 - 1970)
Field: Physics
For: "RAMAN" effect (Scattering of Light)
Year: 1930

• He was the first Asian scientist to win the Nobel Prize.
• He also received Bharat Ratna and Lenin Peace Prize.
• He founded Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Dr. Hargobind Khorana (1922 - )
Field: Medicine and Physiology
For: Genetic Study
Year: 1968

• He produced the first artificial gene in his laboratory.
• He shared the Nobel Prize with Marshall Nuremberg and Robert Holley.

Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997)
Field: Peace
For: Exemplary Charity and Social Service
Year: 1979

• Born in Skoplje, Yugoslavia (then Turkey)
• Original Name: Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
• Founded Missionaries Of Charity in Calcutta.
• Received Bharat Ratna Award in 1980
• Receive Magsaysay Award in 1962.

Dr. Subramaniam Chandrasekar (1910 - 2000)
Field: Physics
For: his work on stars and their evolution (Chandrasekhar's Limit).
Year: 1983

• The space telescope Chandra launched by NASA was named after him.
• He also served as the Governor of Maharashtra
• He received Bharat Ratna in 1998

Dr. Amartya Sen
Field: Economics
For: Mathematical Solution to "Arrow's Impossibility Theorem"
Year: 1998
There are some more Nobel Laureates who are related to India but are not Indians.
V.S. Naipaul, Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (1932- )
[British writer of Indian origin]
Field: Literature
Year: 2001
Rajendra K. Pachauri (1940 - )
For: Peace and Environment Conservation
Year: 2007

• He accepted the prize on behalf of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as he was the chairman.
• He shared the award with Al Gore, Vice President of USA

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
[British writer]
For: Literature
Year: 1907

• He wrote novels, poems and short stories
• He is known for his books "The Jungle Book" (1894), "The Second Jungle Book" (1895). Remember "Mowgli" J.

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