Rabindranath Tagore 
Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore was not only the first Asian but also the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. 

The Bengali Nobel laureate was given the award "because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West."

CV Raman 
After Tagore, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, popularly known as CV Raman, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930. 

Raman was given the award “for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him”

Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa, who made Calcutta in India her home, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. 

It was awarded to her "for her work for bringing help to suffering humanity".

Amartya Sen 
Indian economist and philosopher Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998. 

Sen received the award "for his contributions to welfare economics."

Kailash Satyarthi 
Indian social reformer and activist Kailash Satyarthi won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014.

Satyarthi, known for his work against child labour and right to education was awarded the prize "For their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education."