NDLI: Mother Teresa (1910-1997)

Content Provider	Culture & Heritage - Assorted Archive
Description	Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa or Saint Mother Teresa, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and is a Catholic saint. Born in Skopje, then part of the Ottoman Empire, she was raised in a devoutly Catholic family. At the age of 18, she moved to Ireland to join the Sisters of Loreto and later to India, where she lived most of her life and carried out her missionary work. On 4 September 2016, she was canonised by the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta. The anniversary of her death, 5 September, is now observed as her feast day.
Language	English Bengali
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Mother Teresa Social Changes Works of Great Indian Personalities Missionaries of Charity Indian Great Social Reformer Direct Action Day Contribution to Indian Society Sisters of Loreto Nobel Peace Prize Great Indian Personalities Great Indian Social Reformers Indian Social Activist Indian social worker Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu Bengal famine of 1943
Content Type	Video Text
Resource Type	Collection Video Lecture Biography Article Film

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Mother Teresa (1910-1997)