What made Mother Teresa prominent among the Nobel laureates of India?

            Mother Teresa was the founder of the Missionaries of Charity, dedicated to helping the poor. Considered one of the 20th Century’s greatest humanitarians, she was canonized as Saint Teresa of Calcutta in 2016.

            Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia, on 26th August 1910. But she later moved to India, where she lived for most of her life.

            The Missionaries of Charity came into being on 7th October 1950, in Calcutta, with the Vatican decree recognizing the diocesan congregation. Mother Teresa proceeded with the aim to care for the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the crippled, the blind, the lepers, and all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared. It had over 4,500 sisters, and became active in 133 countries by 2012.

            She received the Padma Shree in 1962 and the Bharat Ratna in 1980. She was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Understanding in 1962.

            Mother Teresa accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.