Nobel Prizes - India
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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.