MOTHER TERESA - PICTORIAL BIOGRAPHY -60

Mother Teresa was born on 26th August, 1910 in Yugoslavia. She joined the Loreto Nuns in Dublin, Ireland, when she was only seventeen years old. She came to India in 1928. She took training to be a sister of Loreto. She felt pity for the poor slum dwellers living opposite the convent and wanted to serve them. She then got permission from, Pope and started her mission. She started a free school for the poor children. The school began to grow and was named 'Nirmal Hriday'. In 1950, she founded a new religious order 'Missionaries of Charity'. She also founded 'Nirmal Shishu Bhavan' for the orphan children. Mother Teresa received Padma-Shri Award, The Nehru Award, The Magsaysay Award, and The Pope John XXII Award. Finally she received the Noble Prize in 1979 for Peace and International Understanding.