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All categories Literature & Letters202 Natural Sciences96 Mathematics & Computing36 Medicine & Healing Traditions99 Engineering & Technology24 Society, Peace & Law42 Economics, Business & Politics52 Music & Visual Arts0

Disciplines in Society, Peace & Law

All disciplines Peace19 Human Rights2 Law3 Education16 Environment2

Peacemakers, jurists, teachers, ecologists and explorers.

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All countries Afghanistan2 Bangladesh1 China18 India26 Indonesia1 Iran5 Iraq1 Israel3 Japan11 Myanmar1 Pakistan3 Philippines1 Singapore1 South Korea3 Türkiye3 Uzbekistan4 Vietnam1 Yemen1

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Rabindranath Tagore

1861 – 1941

First non-European Nobel laureate; wrote two nations' anthems.

India·Literature · Philosophy · PeaceNobelFull profile

Hakim Ajmal Khan

1868 – 1927

Physician of Unani medicine who built its modern colleges and led the Indian National Congress.

India·Integrative Medicine · Education

Mahatma Gandhi

1869 – 1948

Turned nonviolent resistance into a working political technology.

India·Peace · Philosophy · Literature

P. S. Varier

1869 – 1944

Founded Arya Vaidya Sala at Kottakkal and industrialised classical Ayurvedic pharmacy.

India·Ayurveda · Education