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Nobel Prizes and Science Awards
A compact, tabular revision of Nobel Prize categories, notable Indian and India-linked laureates, and major Indian science and national awards, for CAPF Paper I
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| Category |
Note |
| Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace |
Established by Alfred Nobel's will; first awarded 1901 |
| Economic Sciences |
Added 1968 by the Sweden central bank (the Sveriges Riksbank Prize) |
| Awarded by |
Royal Swedish Academy (sciences, economics), Karolinska Institute (medicine), Swedish Academy (literature), Norwegian Nobel Committee (peace) |
| Laureate |
Field and year |
| Rabindranath Tagore |
Literature (1913) |
| C V Raman |
Physics (1930) for the Raman effect |
| Hargobind Khorana |
Medicine (1968); India-born, US national |
| Mother Teresa |
Peace (1979) |
| Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar |
Physics (1983); India-born, US national |
| Amartya Sen |
Economic Sciences (1998) |
| V Ramakrishnan |
Chemistry (2009); India-born, UK/US national |
| Kailash Satyarthi |
Peace (2014) |
| Abhijit Banerjee |
Economic Sciences (2019); India-born |
| Award |
Field |
| Bharat Ratna |
Highest civilian award; exceptional service of the highest order |
| Padma Vibhushan |
Exceptional and distinguished service |
| Padma Bhushan |
Distinguished service of a high order |
| Padma Shri |
Distinguished service |
| Award |
Field |
| Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |
Science and technology (by CSIR) |
| Dhanvantari Award |
Medical sciences |
| Jnanpith Award |
Literature |
| Sahitya Akademi Award |
Literature |
| Dadasaheb Phalke Award |
Cinema (lifetime) |
| Dronacharya, Arjuna, Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna |
Sports (coaching, performance, lifetime, highest) |
| Param Vir Chakra / Ashoka Chakra |
Highest wartime / peacetime gallantry awards |
| Fact |
Answer |
| First Indian Nobel laureate |
Rabindranath Tagore (1913) |
| First Indian Nobel in a science |
C V Raman, Physics (1930) |
| Nobel category added in 1968 |
Economic Sciences |
| Highest Indian civilian award |
Bharat Ratna |
| Highest Indian literary award |
Jnanpith |
| Highest Indian sports award |
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna |