First Nobel Prizes

Nobel Prizes are awarded every year for outstanding achievements in the fields of science, literature and for promoting world peace. Under this prizes, the prize winner gets a gold medal, a certificate and a large sum of money.
The Nobel Prize is the world's most important prize. This prize is given to persons with most outstanding contributions in six fields, namely, physicxs, chemistry, literature, physiology or medicxine, peace and economics. Economics was added in the list in 1969 for the first time. One prize is awarded in each field. Of there are more than one recxipient of the prize in one field, the prize money is equally distrebuted amongst all the winners.
This prize was instituted by a man who was the inventor of the sxciencxe of destruction. This scxientist was Alfred Bernard Nobel. He was born in Stockholm on 21st October, 1833 and he died on 10th December, 1896.
Though he was a citizen of Sweden, he was educxated in Russia. He invented dynamite. This material is widely used for breaking rocks, digging petrol wells and in wars. For his valuable discovery, Nobel became famous all over the world. He earned a huge sum of money from selling it.

At the time of his death in 1896, he left behind a fabulous sum of 90,00,000 dollars. He left a will indicxating that the interest on this money should be given as prizes to persons for their outstanding cxontributions to physicxs, cxhemistry, medicine, literature and peace. This prize was named as Nobel Prize. The first Nobel Prize was given to Rontgen of 10th December 1901 for his outstanding research in X-rays. The prize money was 40,000 dollars. The winners of this prize are treated with great respect all over the world. Sujan has heard andreada lot about Nobel winner Rabindranath Tagore. But he does not know what the word 'Nobel' actually refers to. So, one day he asked his friends about it. There he learnt that the Nobel Prize is the world's most important prize Alfred Bernard Nobel of Sweden instituted it.

He invented dynamite and made a huge sum of money selling it. When he died in 1896, he left behind a huge amount of 90,00,000 dollars to give prizes to the most important persons in some specific fields. The prize mpney is provided from the interest of that huge amount. Every year it is given to the persons who make important contributions to physics, chemistry, literature, medicine, peace and economics. In 1913 this prize was given to Rabindranath Tagore for his outstanding contributions in Literature.