Journal of Gyansagar Science Foundation 2013 04 01

Author(s): Sanjeev Sogani, Vimal Jain
Publisher: Gyansagar Science Foundation

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Nobel Laureates of India >> British-Raj Citizens Ronald Ross bor in, India, in 1857 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for his work on Malaria. Rudyard Kipling born in Mumbai, 1865 (then Bombay in British India), was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907. He remains the youngest ever recipient of the Literature Nobel Prize and the first English-language writer to receive the Prize, * Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was a poet, philosopher, educationist, artist and social activist. In 1913, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888-1970) was awarded tyhe Nobel Prize in Physics fo the year 1930 >> American Citizens of India Origin * Hargobind Khorana Hargobind Khorana (born 1922), a person of India origin, shared the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on genes Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, (October 19, 1910- August 21, 1995) was an Indian American astrophysicist. He was a Nobel laureate in physics. He was the nephew of Indian Nobel Laureate Sir C. V. Raman Venkatraman 'Venki' Ramakrishnan Venkatraman Ramkrishnan, born in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He is now a US Citizen. >> Indian Citizen of Foreign Origin * Mother Teresa Mother Teresa (1910-1997) was born in Skopje, then a city in Ottoman Empire, She is of Albanian origin. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. Toiling for years in the slums of Kolkata (Calcutta), >> People of Indian Descent (Descendants of Modern-Era Immigrants) * V. S. Naipaul A British writter, V. S. Naipaul (Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul) was born in 1932 into a family of north Indian descent living in Changuanas, close to Port of Spain, on Trinidad. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001. >> Foreign Citizens mainly residing in India * Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama Former Head of state of Tibet and active leader of Tibetan Resistance towards PRC. Escaped to India when the PRC took over Tibet He got Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 for efforts for Tibetan Freedom through Non-Violence and Spreading Global Peace through Buddhism. Also during Prize Distribution, Head of Prize Committee commented that the prize was a part of tribute to memory of Mahatma Gandhi >> Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics Amartya Sen Citizens of Indian Amartya Sen (born 1933) was the first Indian to receive the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, awarded to him in 1998 for his work on welfare economics Sponsored by: Mahesh Kumar Jain (Chandiwale) Address for Correspondence J-85, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi 110 076