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13 Jan

Indians Honoured with Nobel Prize – Quick Reference Notes

Chronological Snapshot (Theme-wise Clubbing)

 Literature & Peace

YearPersonalityNobel Category
1913Rabindranath TagoreLiterature
1979Mother TeresaPeace
2014Kailash SatyarthiPeace

Science & Medicine

YearPersonalityNobel Category
1930C. V. RamanPhysics
1968Har Govind KhuranaPhysiology / Medicine
1983Subrahmanyam ChandrasekharPhysics
2009Venkatraman RamakrishnanChemistry

Economics

YearEconomistNobel Category
1998Amartya SenEconomic Sciences
2019Abhijit BanerjeeEconomic Sciences

Category-wise Count (Prelims Friendly)

  • Physics: 2
  • Chemistry: 1
  • Medicine: 1
  • Literature: 1
  • Peace: 2
  • Economics: 2

High-Probability Exam Facts

  • First Indian Nobel Laureate: Rabindranath Tagore (1913 – Literature)
  • Latest Indian Nobel Laureate: Abhijit Banerjee (2019 – Economics)
  • Only Indian Woman Nobel Laureate: Mother Teresa
  • Joint Nobel (Economics 2019): Abhijit Banerjee (with Esther Duflo & Michael Kremer)
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