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    Nobel Prizes - India

    Rumman Ansari October 03, 2024 535 views

    Nobel Prize winners from India:

    Year Laureate Field Contribution
    1913 Rabindranath Tagore Literature First non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for his work Gitanjali (Song Offerings).
    1930 C. V. Raman Physics For his work on the scattering of light and the discovery of the Raman effect.
    1968 Har Gobind Khorana Medicine (shared) For research on the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis.
    1979 Mother Teresa Peace For her humanitarian work through the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata.
    1998 Amartya Sen Economic Sciences For his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory.
    2001 V. S. Naipaul Literature British writer of Indian descent, awarded for his literary works, particularly focusing on postcolonial societies.
    2009 Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Chemistry For studies of the structure and function of the ribosome.
    2014 Kailash Satyarthi Peace For his work in promoting children's rights and fighting child labor globally.
    2019 Abhijit Banerjee Economic Sciences (shared) For experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.

    Notes:

    • Several laureates, like Har Gobind Khorana, V. S. Naipaul, and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, were of Indian origin but held foreign citizenship at the time of winning their respective Nobel Prizes.
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