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# Indian Nobel Prize Winners: Complete Guide to India's Nobel Laureates (1913-2024)

## Indian Nobel Laureates

- Rabindranath Tagore (1913 - Literature): First Indian and non-European to win a Nobel Prize. Awarded for his anthology of poems, Gitanjali.
- Sir C.V. Raman (1930 - Physics): First Asian and Indian scientist to win the Nobel Prize, awarded for his discovery of the scattering of light, known as the "Raman Effect".
- Hargobind Khorana (1968 - Physiology or Medicine): Shared the prize for interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis (Indian-American).
- Mother Teresa (1979 - Peace): Awarded for her humanitarian work with the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta.
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1983 - Physics): Awarded for theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of stars, including the "Chandrasekhar Limit" (Indian-American).
- Amartya Sen (1998 - Economic Sciences): Awarded for his foundational contributions to welfare economics.
- Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (2009 - Chemistry): Shared the prize for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome (Indian-American).
- Kailash Satyarthi (2014 - Peace): Shared the prize with Malala Yousafzai for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.

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