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First instituted in 1901, as of 2018 the Nobel Prize has been awarded to a total of 904 individuals (852 men and 52 women) and 24 organizations. Among the recipients, 12 are Indians (five Indian citizens and eight of Indian ancestry or residency).
What kind of people from India have got the Nobel Prize?
Nobel Prize Winners from India
| # | Person | Field |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rabindranath Tagore | Literature |
| 2. | C.V. Raman | Physics |
| 3. | Har Gobind Khorana* | Medicine |
| 4. | Mother Teresa | Peace |
Who got first Nobel Prize in world?
First award
The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901. The Peace Prize for that year was shared between the Frenchman Frédéric Passy and the Swiss Jean Henry Dunant.
Has anyone won 2 Nobel prizes?
Two laureates have been awarded twice but not in the same field: Marie Curie (Physics and Chemistry) and Linus Pauling (Chemistry and Peace). Among the 892 Nobel laureates, 48 have been women; the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize was Marie Curie, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903.