List of some major Indian movements of independence

List of some major Indian movements of independence 

• Government of India Act 1858
• Indian National Congress (1885)
• Partition of Bengal (1905)
• Muslim League (1906)
• Swadeshi Movement (1905)
• Morley-Minto Reforms (1909)
• Lucknow Pact (1916)
• Home Rule Movement (1915-¬1916)
• The Gandhian Era (1918-1947)
• Khilafat Movement (1920)
• The Rowlatt Act (1919)
• Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre (1919)
• Non-Cooperation Movement (1920)
• Chauri Chaura Incident (1922)
• Swaraj Party (1922)
• Simon Commission (1927)
• Dandi March (1930)
• Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931)
• The Government of India Act, 1935
• Quit India Movement (1942)
• Cabinet Mission Plan (1946)
• Interim Government (1946)
• Formation of Constituent Assembly (1946)
• Mountbatten Plan (1947)
• The Indian Independence Act, 1947
• Partition of India 1947

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NOBEL PRIZE FACTS

NOBEL PRIZE FACTS

On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes, the Nobel Prizes. As described in Nobel's will one part was dedicated to “the person who shall have made the most important chemical discovery or improvement”

567 Nobel Prizes: Between 1901 and 2014, the Nobel Prizes and the Prize in Economic Sciences were awarded 567 times.

Years when the Nobel Prize Have Not Been Awarded: Since the start, in 1901, there are some years when the Nobel Prizes have not been awarded. The total number of times are 50. Most of them during World War I (1914-1918) and II (1939-1945).

List of Noble Prize Winner Women

Average Age for a Nobel Laureate in all Prize Categories: The ages in the graphs below refers to how old the Nobel Laureates were the year they were awarded the Nobel Prize. The average age when awarded is 59 for the Laureates in all prize categories between 1901 and 2014. The most frequent age bracket is 60-64.

Younger Nobel Prize Winner:

  

Younger According to Category:

Older Nobel Prize Winner:

INDIAN NOBEL PRIZE WINNER

 Older According to Category:

47 Nobel Prizes to Women: Between 1901 and 2014 the Nobel Prize and Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded 47 times to women.

Family Nobel Laureates: As you may notice, the Curies were a very successful 'Nobel Prize family'. Marie Curie herself was awarded two Nobel Prizes.

The husband-and-wife partnership of Marie Curie and Pierre Curie were awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics. Marie Curie herself was awarded the Nobel Prize a second time, receiving the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Marie and Pierre Curie's eldest daughter, Irène Joliot-Curie, was awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, together with her husband, Frédéric Joliot. The younger daughter, Ève Curie, worked for the UNICEF and was married to Henry R. Labouisse. He accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of UNICEF in 1965.

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Facts on the Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineFacts on the Prize in Economic SciencesFacts on the Nobel Prize in ChemistryFacts on the Nobel Prize in LiteratureFacts on the Nobel Prize in PhysicsFacts on the Nobel Peace Prize

Forced to Decline the Nobel Prize: Four Nobel Laureates have been forced by authorities to decline the Nobel Prize. Adolf Hitler forbade three German Nobel Laureates, Richard Kuhn, Adolf Butenandt and Gerhard Domagk, from accepting the Nobel Prize. All of them could later receive the Nobel Prize Diploma and Medal, but not the prize amount.

Boris Pasternak, the 1958 Nobel Laureate in Literature, initially accepted the Nobel Prize but was later coerced by the authorities of the Soviet Union, his native country, to decline the Nobel Prize.

Two Nobel Laureates have Declined the Nobel Prize: Jean-Paul Sartre, awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature, declined the prize because he had consistently declined all official honours.

Le Duc Tho, awarded the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. They were awarded the Prize for negotiating the Vietnam peace accord. Le Doc Tho said that he was not in a position to accept the Nobel Peace Prize, citing the situation in Vietnam as his reason.

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Facts on the Prize in Economic Sciences

Facts on the Prize in Economic Sciences

In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden's central bank) established this Prize in memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize. Here are some facts and figures regarding The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, awarded from 1969 to 2014.

Number of Prizes in Economic Sciences:

46 Prizes in Economic Sciences have been awarded every year since 1969.

23 Prizes in Economic Sciences have been given to one Laureate only.

17 Prizes in Economic Sciences have been shared by two Laureates.

6 Prizes in Economic Sciences have been shared between three Laureates.

Facts on the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Number of Laureates* in Economic Sciences: 75 individuals have been awarded 1969-2014.

Average Age: The average age of all Laureates in Economic Sciences between 1969 and 2014 is 67 years.

Youngest Laureate in Economic Sciences: To date, the youngest Laureate in Economic Sciences is Kenneth J. Arrow, who was 51 years old when he was awarded in 1972.

Facts on the Nobel Prize in Physics

Oldest Laureate in Economic Sciences: The oldest Laureate in Economic Sciences to date is Leonid Hurwicz, who was 90 years old when he was awarded in 2007. He is also the oldest Laureate to be awarded in all Prize categories.

Female Laureates in Economic Sciences: Elinor Ostrom was the first female Laureate in Economic Sciences. Elinor Ostrom was awarded the Prize in 2009.

Facts on the Nobel Prize in Literature

Multiple Laureates in Economic Sciences: So far there are no multiple Laureates in Economic Sciences.

Facts on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Family Laureates in Economic Sciences:

Brothers: Jan Tinbergen (Economic Sciences in 1969) and Nikolaas Tinbergen (Physiology or Medicine in 1973)

Married couple: Gunnar Myrdal (Economic Sciences in 1974) and Alva Myrdal (Nobel Peace Prize in 1982)

Facts on the Nobel Peace Prize

All Prizes in Economic Sciences: The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded 46 times to 75 Laureates between 1969 and 2014. Click on the links to get more information.

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economic-ciences/laureates/

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Facts on the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Facts on the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes, the Nobel Prizes. As described in Nobel's will, one part was dedicated to “the person who shall have made the most important discovery within the domain of physiology or medicine”. Learn more about the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine from 1901 to 2014.

Number of Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine: 105 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine have been awarded since 1901. It was not awarded on nine occasions: in 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1921, 1925, 1940, 1941 and 1942.

Facts on the Nobel Prize in Physics

Number of Shared and Unshared Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine:

38 Medicine Prizes have been given to one Laureate only.

32 Medicine Prizes have been shared by two Laureates.

35 Medicine Prizes have been shared between three Laureates.

Number of Nobel Laureates* in Physiology or Medicine: 207 individuals have been awarded 1901-2014.

Facts on the Prize in Economic Sciences

Average Age: The average age of all Medicine Laureates between 1901 and 2014 is 58 years.

Youngest Medicine Laureate: To date, the youngest Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine is Frederick G. Banting, who was 32 years old when he was awarded the Medicine Prize in 1923.

Facts on the Nobel Prize in Literature

Oldest Medicine Laureate: The oldest Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine to date is Peyton Rous, who was 87 years old when he was awarded the Medicine Prize in 1966.

Female Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine: Of the 207 individuals awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, only 11 are women. Of these 11, Barabara McClintock is the only one who has received an unshared Nobel Prize.

1947 - Gerty Cori

1977 - Rosalyn Yalow

1983 - Barbara McClintock

1986 - Rita Levi-Montalcini

1988 - Gertrude B. Elion

1995 - Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

2004 - Linda B. Buck

2008 - Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

2009 - Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Carol W. Greider

2014 - May-Britt Moser

List of Noble Prize Winner Women

Multiple Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine: No one has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine more than once. Yet

Family Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine:

Married couple:

1.     Gerty Cori and Carl Cori, both awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

2.     May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser, both awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Facts on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Father & son:

1.     Hans von Euler-Chelpin (Chemistry Prize) and Ulf von Euler (Medicine Prize)

2.     Arthur Kornberg (Medicine Prize) and Roger D. Kornberg (Chemistry Prize)

Brothers: Jan Tinbergen (Economics Prize) and Nikolaas Tinbergen (Medicine Prize)

Facts on the Nobel Peace Prize

Nominations for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1901-1953): In the nomination database, you can find interesting nomination trivia, for example, that the Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was nominated 32 times for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, but never awarded. In 1929, the Nobel Committee for Medicine engaged an expert who concluded that a further investigation in Freud was not necessary, since Freud's work was of no proven scientific value. Freud was also nominated once for the 1936 Nobel Prize in Literature by Nobel Laureate Romain Rolland, an acquaintance of Freud.

 Frederick G. Banting and John Macleod were awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine the first year they were nominated (with three nominations) for their discovery of insulin. By contrast, Robert Koch was nominated 55 times over 4 years before he received the Prize in 1905 for his discoveries concerning tuberculosis, while Ferdinand Sauerbruch, the great German surgeon, never got the prize despite 54 nominations during 14 years. This type of information, and much more, is available in the Nomination Database spanning the years 1901-1951. The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1901-1951 (http://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/archive/medicine/database.html)

All Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded 105 times to 207 Nobel Laureates between 1901 and 2014. Click on the links to get more information. 

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/

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Facts on the Nobel Prize in Physics

Facts on the Nobel Prize in Physics

On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes, the Nobel Prizes. As described in Nobel's will, one part was dedicated to “the person who shall have made the most important discovery or invention within the field of physics”. Learn more about the Nobel Prize in Physics from 1901 to 2014.

Number of Nobel Prizes in Physics: 108 Nobel Prizes in Physics have been awarded since 1901. It was not awarded on six occasions: in 1916, 1931, 1934, 1940, 1941, and 1942.

Facts on the Prize in Economic Sciences

Number of Shared and Unshared Nobel Prizes in Physics:

47 Physics Prizes have been given to one Laureate only.

31 Physics Prizes have been shared by two Laureates.

30 Physics Prizes have been shared between three Laureates.

Number of Nobel Laureates* in Physics: The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to 199 Laureates 1901-2014. As John Bardeen has been awarded twice there are 198 individuals who have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics since 1901.

Facts on the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Average Age: The average age of all Physics Laureates between 1901 and 2014 is 55 years.

Youngest Physics Laureate: To date, the youngest Nobel Laureate in Physics is Lawrence Bragg, who was 25 years old when he was awarded the Nobel Prize together with his father in 1915. Bragg is not only the youngest Physics Laureate, he is also the youngest Nobel Laureate in any Nobel Prize category.

Facts on the Nobel Prize in Literature

Oldest Physics Laureate: The oldest Nobel Laureate in Physics to date is Raymond Davis Jr., who was 88 years old when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2002.

Female Nobel Laureates in Physics: Of the 198 individuals awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, only two are women.

1903 - Marie Curie (also awarded the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.)

1963 - Maria Goeppert-Mayer

Facts on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Multiple Nobel Laureates in Physics: John Bardeen is the only

person who has received the Nobel Prize in Physics twice. Marie Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize twice, once in Physics and once in Chemistry.

Family Nobel Laureates in Physics:

Married couples:

Marie Curie and Pierre Curie were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. Marie Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize a second time in 1911, this time receiving the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

(One of Marie and Pierre Curie's daughters, Irène Joliot-Curie , was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935 together with her husband Frédéric Joliot.)

Facts on the Nobel Peace Prize

Father & son:

(All awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.)

William Bragg and Lawrence Bragg, 1915

Niels Bohr, 1922 and Aage N. Bohr, 1975

Manne Siegbahn, 1924 and Kai M. Siegbahn, 1981

J. J. Thomson, 1906 and George Paget Thomson, 1937

 All Nobel prizes in Physics: The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded 108 times to 199 Nobel Laureates between 1901 and 2014. John Bardeen is the only Nobel Laureate who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice, in 1956 and 1972. This means that a total of 198 individuals have received the Nobel Prize in Physics. Click on the links to get more information.

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/

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