Indian Nobel Laureates:facts,information,list

Name	Picture	Year	Category	Facts
Rabindranath Tagore		1913	Literature	He won Nobel Prize for his work ‘Gitanjali’. He is also the author of Indian national anthem He founded “Shantiniketan”, which later became Viswa Bharati University
C. V. Raman		1930	Physics	He won Nobel Prize for discovering Raman effect Every year on 28 February National science day is celebrated to commemorate the discovery of Raman effect He was the founder of Raman research institute in Bangalore.
Har Gobind Khorana		1968	Medicine	He won Nobel Prize for discovering how genetic code of a cell controls the synthesis of protein. He is Indian born American citizen (became U.S. citizen in 1968).
Mother Teresa		1979	Peace	She won Nobel prize for her humanitarian work. She was a foreign born Indian citizen. She was the founder of “Missionaries of Charity” in Calcutta.
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar		1983	Physics	Won Nobel Prize for the discovery of “Chandrasekhar limit”. He was the nephew of Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman. He was a Indian born U.S. citizen (became U.S. citizen in 1953).
Amartya Sen		1998	Economic Sciences	Won Nobel for his contribution to welfare economics, famine, economic and social justice. He won Bharat Ratna award in 1999.
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan		2009	Chemistry	He won Nobel Prize for studies of the structure and function of the ribosomes. He is now a U.S. citizen.