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Since the inauguration of Nobel Prize in 1901, until 2024, three Bengali persons and one Bengali origin person—four in all, have won this award. The first Bengali as well as the first Asian to be awarded the Nobel Prize in 1913, was Rabindranath Tagore (born in British India, now India), in literature. [1]
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This is a Chronological list of Bengali language authors (regardless of nationality or religion), by the order of their year of birth. Alphabetical order is used only when chronological order cannot be ascertained. The list also marks the winners of major international and national awards:
Lists of Nobel laureates cover winners of Nobel Prizes for outstanding contributions for humanity in chemistry, literature, peace, physics, and physiology or medicine. The lists are organized by prize, by ethnicity, by origination and by nationality.
Academy Award Winner Second Oscar winner from India. One of the most successful writers in modern age Bengali literature. Showed great talent in music and drawing. 14 Amartya Sen: Economist. Nobel Prize Winner Prominent economist. Won Nobel Prize in economics. 15 Language Movement Martyrs: Bhasha Shaheed (Language Martyrs) University Students
Rank Image Name Family Field Legacy and Remarks Born Died 1 Muhammad Yunus: Bengali Muslim family, Chattogram (), Bengal, now Bangladesh (East Bengal) : Economics: Winner of Nobel Peace Prize (2006) for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts of microcredit and microfinance in Bangladesh (East Bengal), only Bangladeshi (Bangladeshi Citizen) to win Nobel Prize (Nobel Peace Prize)
The Ramon Magsaysay Award, sometimes called "Asia's Nobel Prize", is given "to perpetuate his example of integrity in government, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society." Kolkata winners include: Mother Teresa (1910—1997) — Peace and International Understanding, 1962
Rabindranath Tagore was the first person of Indian origin and also first Asian to be awarded with the Nobel Prize. [1] He received the prize for Literature in 1913.. The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed on "those who conferred the greatest benefit on humankind" in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace and Economic Sciences, [A ...