Mother Teresa, although of Albanian descent, became synonymous with India due to her humanitarian work in Kolkata. She was ...

and Mother Teresa (1979), but some recipients have proven more controversial than others. When the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Barack Obama, many commentators questioned the choice ...

and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. Like many high-profile public figures, Mother Teresa has often faced judgements and criticisms. Some have accused her of glorifying a life of poverty by relating ...

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And Mother Teresa, who created the Missionaries of Charity and dedicated her life to caring for the poor and ill, had recently been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. “Mary Ellen recognized this ...

The predecessor to Banerjee of being an Indian to win the Nobel Prize for Economics is Amartya Sen. Sen won the award in 1998 for his work in welfare economics. Sen was born in Shantiniketan in ...

which had already given Mother Teresa its highest honour, Bharat Ratan, in 1980 -- one year after she won the Nobel Peace Prize. Calcutta has been "orphaned" "Though she was a world citizen ...

The date of 5 September was chosen in order to commemorate the anniversary of the passing away of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 "for work undertaken in the ...

Professor Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank, which he founded, were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 “for their efforts ... in history — along with Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa ...