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DISCOVER THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF MAJOR AWARDS
RECEIVED BY MOTHER TERESA
- 1962 Padma Shri Award for distinguished service.
- 1971 Pope John XXIII Peace Prize
- 1971 Prize of the Good Samaritan, Boston
- 1971 Kennedy Prize
- 1972 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding
- 1972 Koruna Dut, angel of charity from the President of India.
- 1973 Templeton Prize
- 1975 Albert Schweitzer International Prize
- 1977 Honorary PhD in Theology, University of Cambridge, England
- 1979 Nobel Peace Prize
- 1982 Honorary PhD from the Catholic University Brussels, Belgium
- 1985 Presidential Medal of Freedom
- 1996 Honorary U.S. citizenship (only the 4th person to receive this honor)
- 1997 Congressional Gold Medal
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