Mother Teresa
1910–1997 · Kolkata · Christianity (Missionaries of Charity)
Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, born in Skopje, came to India in 1929 as a young nun and taught in Kolkata. In 1950 she founded the Missionaries of Charity to serve “the poorest of the poor”, and opened Nirmal Hriday, a home for the dying, along with homes for orphans and people with leprosy. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and the Bharat Ratna in 1980, and was declared a saint by the Catholic Church in 2016.
Kolkata · Missionaries of Charity, 1950 · Nobel Peace Prize 1979 · Bharat Ratna 1980