Established in 1895 by the Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel, known for inventing dynamite, the first prizes were awarded in 1901.
Indians have won the Nobel Prize in all six categories ,literature, physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, and peace.
Rabindranath Tagore
He was the first Indian to achieve this award in 1913 in the field of Literature
C V Raman
He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 on the scattering of monochromatic light through a transparent medium. Also known as Raman effect
Har Govind Khurana
He was awarded the Nobel prize in 1968 for interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis".
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa was the first Indian women to be awarded with the Nobel Prize in the category of Peace in 1979.
Subrahmanyan-Chandrasekhar.
– Chandrasekhar was awarded the nobel prize in 1983 "for his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars".
Amartya-Sen
Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1998 in the field of Economic Sciences
Venkataraman-Ramakrishnan
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2009 in the field of Chemistry for his work in studies of the structure and function of the ribosome
Kailash-Satyarthi
The Nobel Peace Prize 2014 was given to children's rights advocate Kailash Satyarthi for his struggle against the suppression of children
Abhijit Banerjee
Abhijit Banerjee with Esther Duflo and Michel Kremerwas awarded the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "for their experimental approach to eliminating global poverty".