List of Awards and Their Fields with List of Award winners

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1.)NOBEL PRIZE:

• Name of Nobel came from? Nobel Prize is named after The Industrialist Alfred Nobel  of Sweden Country.
• Nobel Price is awarded as per will of Alfred Nobel in 1895.
• Every Year 10th-December, Ceremony is Conducted.
• 1st Nobel Prize is awarded in 1901.
• Fields: Nobel prize is awarded based on 6 separate fields:

1.  Physics
2. Chemistry
3. Peace
4. Literature
5. Physiology or Medicine
6. Economic science

• Nobel prize is Introduced in Stockholm, SWEDEN COUNTRY after the Death of Alfred Nobel in 1896 for the field of : Physics, Chemistry, Peace, Literature and Physiology or Medicine.
• The field of Economic science in Nobel prize in Introduced in Oslo, NORWAY COUNTRY in 1926. This Economic science field is introduced on the occasion of 300th anniversary of Riksbank.
• Field and Place of Awarding ceremony: 

1. Peace - Oslo, Norway Country
2. Physics - Stockholm, Sweden Country
3. Chemistry - Stockholm, Sweden Country
4. Literature - Stockholm, Sweden Country
5. Economic science - Stockholm, Sweden Country
6. Medicine or Physiology - Stockholm, Sweden Country

• Who is responsible for each field of Nobel prize? 
•  Physics : The ROYAL Swedish Academy of Sciences
• Chemistry : The ROYAL Swedish Academy of Sciences 
• Economic science : The ROYAL Swedish Academy of Sciences
• Literature : The Swedish Academy
• Physiology / Medicine : The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute
• Peace : The Norwegian Nobel Committee.
• Additional Information: 
• Youngest Nobel prize winner : Malala Yousafzai.
• Oldest prize winner : John B Goodenough.
• Person rejected Nobel Prize: Author- Jean Paul Startre for Literature in 1964.
• As of 2020, 57 Women won Nobel prize.
• Marie Curie is the 1st Woman won Nobel prize: 1903 - Physics, 1911 - Chemistry.
• INDIAN NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS AS OF 2020:

Year	Field	Name
1913	Literature	Rabindranath Tagore
1930	Physics	CV Raman
1968	Medicine	Hargobind Khorana
1979	Peace	Mother Teresa
1983	Physics	Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
1998	Economics	Amartya Sen
2009	Chemistry	Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
2014	Peace	Kailash Satyarthi
2019	Economics	Abhijit Banerjee