The Nobel Prize awarded was started in 1901 by the Noble Foundation and it is given in memory of Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel who made 355 inventions including the invention of dynamite. Celebrated Indian poet, musician, and painter, Rabindranath Tagore was first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in 1913. The second India to win the award was Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, or CV Raman. In all 12 Indians have won the coveted award. This page provides with the list of Indians who won the Nobel Prize.
Each of them possessed great talent. If you were asked to choose the best three among them, who would you put on the list?
Each of them possessed great talent. If you were asked to choose the best three among them, who would you put on the list?
| Sl.No | Name | Category | Year | Province |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abhijit Banerjee | Economics | 2019 | United States (born in Calcutta, India) |
| 2 | Kailash Satyarthi | Peace | 2014 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 3 | Venki Ramakrishnan | Chemistry | 2009 | United Kingdom United States (born in Chidambaram, India) |
| 4 | Amartya Sen | Economics | 1998 | West Bengal |
| 5 | 14th Dalai Lama | Peace | 1989 | India (born in Taktser, Tibet) |
| 6 | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar | Physics | 1983 | United States (born in Lahore, British India) |
| 7 | Mother Teresa | Peace | 1979 | India (born in Skopje, North Macedonia) |
| 8 | Har Gobind Khorana | Physiology or Medicine | 1968 | United States (born in Raipur, British India) |
| 9 | C. V. Raman | Physics | 1930 | Tamil Nadu |
| 10 | Rabindranath Tagore | Literature | 1913 | West Bengal |
| 11 | Rudyard Kipling | Literature | 1907 | United Kingdom (born in Bombay, British India) |
| 12 | Ronald Ross | Physiology or Medicine | 1902 | United Kingdom (born in Almora, British India |