Indian citizens
The following are the Nobel laureates who were Indian citizens at the time they were awarded the Nobel Prize.[13]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_Nobel_laureates#cite_note-16
Born in IndiaEdit
The following Nobel laureates were born as Indian citizens but were citizens of another country while they were awarded the prize.
OthersEdit
The following are Nobel laureates who were born in India or were residents in India when they became recipients of the Nobel Prize but were not Indian citizens.
The following are the Nobel laureates who were Indian citizens at the time they were awarded the Nobel Prize.[13]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_Nobel_laureates#cite_note-16
| Year | Laureate | Field | Rationale | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1913 |
| Rabindranath Tagore | Literature | "Because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West." | [15] |
1930 |
| C. V. Raman | Physics | "For his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him." | [16] |
1979 |
| Mother Teresa [C] | Peace | "In recognition of [her] work in bringing help to suffering humanity" | [17] |
1998 |
| Amartya Sen | Economic Sciences | "For his contributions to welfare economics." | [18] |
2014 |
| Kailash Satyarthi [D] | Peace | "For their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education." | [19] |
The following Nobel laureates were born as Indian citizens but were citizens of another country while they were awarded the prize.
| Year | Laureate | Nationality | Field | Rationale | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1968 |
| Har Gobind Khorana [E] |
(born in Raipur, India) | Physiology or Medicine | "For their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis." | [20] |
1983 |
| Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar [F] |
(born in Lahore, India) | Physics | "For his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars." | [21] |
2009 |
| Venki Ramakrishnan [G] |
(born in Chidambaram, India) | Chemistry | "For studies of the structure and function of the ribosome." | [22] |
2019 |
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| Abhijit Banerjee[H] |
(born in Mumbai, India) | Economic Sciences | "For their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty" | [23] |
The following are Nobel laureates who were born in India or were residents in India when they became recipients of the Nobel Prize but were not Indian citizens.
| Year | Laureate | Country of residence | Field | Rationale | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1902 |
| Ronald Ross |
(born in Almora, British India) | Physiology or Medicine | "For his work on malaria, by which he has shown how it enters the organism and thereby has laid the foundation for successful research on this disease and methods of combating it." | [24] |
1907 |
| Rudyard Kipling |
(born in Bombay, British India) | Literature | "In consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author." | [25] |
1989 |
| 14th Dalai Lama |
(born in Taktser, Tibet) | Peace | "For his consistent resistance to the use of violence in his people’s struggle to regain their liberty." | [26] |
