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Most prestigious award of US$ 58,960,000 in the world is supported by Nobel Foundation. In 1989 increased 20%,1992 the award was 6.5 million Kroner(approx Rs 3.5 crore), from 2001 increased to 10 million Kroner(approx Rs 6.35 crore)

Year of institution ----- 1901
Founder ----- Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833-96)

Nos.of discipline
awarded-------

six{Physics,Chemistry,Physiology or medicine, Literature, peace,Economics} Originally it was awarded for works in five discipline.the prize for economics was instituted in 1967 by Sveriges Riksbank, Swedish Bank,in celebration of its 300th anniversary and was awarded for the first time in 1969.it is called "Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics".

Date on Which it is awarded ----: annually on 10th December

Nobel Foundation's Prize Awarding Body -----:

1) The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences,awards the Nobel Prize in Physics & Chemistry.

2)The Nobel Assembly of Karloniska Chirurgical Institute, Sweden, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology And medicine.

3)he Swedish Academy awards the Prize in Literature

4)The Committee of the Norwegian Parliament awards the prize of peace.

5)The Bank of Sweden awards the prize in Economics.


First Woman to receive the Nobel Prize --- Madam Marie Curie Sklodowsks - Physics in 1903 with her husband Pierre curie(1st couple receive the award)She later won for Chemistry in 1911.

First Indian to receive the Nobel Prize --- Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the prize for Literature in 1913 for his love lyrics "GITANJALI"

First Indian Woman to receive the Nobel Prize --- Mother Teresa (born in Albania,Yugoslavia.came to India in 1929 at the age of 19 and became Indian citizen.)for Peace in 1979

An Indian born American citizen awarded the Nobel Prize:-- Hargobinda Khurana for medicine(laboratory synthesis of yeast gene for the 1st time )(1968)

Three Nobel Prize :------ The International Committee of the Red Cross was awarded the Nobel Prize for PEACE three times(1917,1944,1963)


Twice recipients of the Nobel Prize :------

1)Madam Marie Curie Sklodowsks[Physics(1903)& Chemistry (1911)]
2)John Bardeen [Physics(1956)& Physics (1972)]
3)Linus Pauling [Chemistry (1954) & Peace (1962)]
4)Fredric Sanger [Chemistry (1958) & Chemistry (1980)]

Maximum Nobel Prizes US citizens have won outright,as well as shared the max nos. of Nobel Prize.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2010 was awarded jointly to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov "for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene"

Stockholm, Sweden in the field of physics.

Who's the first Indian women got Nobel prize?

I am so confused about all awards.

Please help me, anyone. Thanks.

Thanks for sharing the information.

The nobel prize will be given only in these fields that is science, literatue, economics and for especially "peace".

Discipline noble award is peace, literature, chemestry, physics and medicine, economics Physiology all there is no mathematics.

Then for wat it could be awarded.

Ya even its too confusing tell this in brief.

What is the basic criteria for the award? Who are the selective bodies? Which country received the higest prize?.