Mother Teresa's Biography at a Glance

"If life is not lived for others, it is not life."

The statement written above is of the great social worker Mother Teresa, according to this statement, she devoted her whole life to serving and helping others. Mother Teresa was a very generous, kind and selfless loving woman, among them Rome- Rome was full of kindness and service. Without any greed, she used to help the poor, sick, helpless,  and needy with absolutely selfless spirit. Mother Teresa did not live for herself but for others.

Even though she was not of Indian origin, but when she came to India, she got so much love and affection from the people here that she decided to spend the rest of her life in India, not only that she also made many important contributions to Indian society. At the same time, she was also honored with the country's highest honor Bharat Ratna, Padma Shri and Nobel Prize for her significant contribution to social service.

Everyone needs to take inspiration from Mother Teresa, she was an example of humanity, Mother Teresa, who was a selfless mother, was called by many other names like the Messiah of the poor, Mamtamayi Maa, Mother Mary and Vishwa Janani. 

Today, in this article, we will tell you about Mother Teresa's birth to India and the great works done for the society and the struggles of her life, so let's know about the compassionate Mother Teresa –

Mother Teresa's biography at a glance 

Full Name Agnes Gonza Boyajiju

Born 26 August 1910

Birthplace Skopje City, Macedonia

Father Name Nicola Boyaju

Mother Name Drana Boyaju

Establishment of Work Missionaries of Charity, Service to Humanity

Death 5 September 1997

Birth and Family of Mother Teresa

Agnes Gonza Boyajiju was born on August 26, 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia, to an ordinary merchant Nikola Boyaju. Which was later called Mother Teresa.Let us tell you that Gonjha means flower bud in Albanian language. Her father, Nicola Boyaju, was a religious person who was a staunch follower of Jesus Christ, while when she was just 8 years old, her father's shadow fell from her head.

After which he was raised by his mother Drana Boyaju, who was a pious and ideal housewife, while Mother Teresa was deeply influenced by her mother's culture and education.At the same time, after the death of her father, the financial condition of her house went on deteriorating, due to which her childhood was very struggling.

Mother Teresa also used to go to church with her mother and sister in childhood and sing religious songs, while when Mother Teresa was just 12 years old, she went on a religious journey, and only then she did the charity and social service of Jesus. Decided to spread the word to the whole world, as well as she had made up her mind to dedicate her whole life in the service of the poor. In 1928, when Mother Teresa was just 18 years old, she decided to join the Sisters of Loreto, a community of nuns, and left her home. After this she went to Ireland and there she learned English because the sisters of 'Loreto' used to teach children in India through English only.

After becoming a nun, she was given the name of Sister Mary Teresa. At the same time, she took the training of a nun from an institute, and then devoted her whole life to helping the poor and helpless people.

Mother Teresa's arrival in India - Mother Teresa in India

Mother Teresa, along with other nuns from her institute, came to Darjeeling, India in 1929, where she took her first religious vows as a nun.

After that she was sent to Calcutta as a teacher. Sister Lorento of Dublin in Calcutta had established St. Mary's School, where Mother Teresa used to teach poor and helpless children, in fact Mother Teresa had a good command of both Hindi and Bengali, while she was very hardworking from the beginning, so she also did her work with utmost sincerity and devotion, and she had also become the favorite teacher of the children.

At the same time, her attention went to the poverty, disease, helplessness, illiteracy and ignorance spread around her, which she was very sad to see. Let us tell you that this was the period when a large number of deaths were taking place in the city of Calcutta due to famine, and the condition of the people had become very bad due to poverty, seeing that Mother Teresa took the help of the poor, helpless, sick and needy. Vowed to serve.

Establishment of Missionaries of Charity

To help the poor and needy, Mother Teresa completed her nursing training at Holy Family Hospital in Patna and then came to Calcutta in 1948 to take care of the poor, helpless and elderly. At the same time, after much effort, on 7 October 1950, Mother Teresa was allowed to form the Missionary of Charity, an organization working in the interest of the society.

Let us tell you that the purpose of this organization of Mother Teresa was only to help the poor, needy, sick, and helpless people and instill hope in them to live life.Apart from this, Mother Teresa, the goddess of compassion, also opened ashrams named 'Nirmal Hriday' and 'Nirmala Shishu Bhavan', aimed at the poor and sick.It was to treat people and help orphans and homeless children.

Mother Teresa Death - Mother Teresa Death History

Mother Teresa had to face many physical problems in the last days of her life, in 1983 when she went to Rome to visit Pope  John Paul II, she had a heart attack for the first time.

After this, once again in the year 1989, She had a heart attack, but even in illness she did not stop working. After this, her health continued to deteriorate and in the year 1991, she had kidney and heart problems. After this,she left the post of head of the Missionaries of Charity in the year 1997, and then breathed her last in Calcutta on 5 September 1997. In this way this compassionate soul said goodbye to this world forever.

Mother Teresa Honors / Awards – Mother Teresa Awards

She was honored with many big awards for selflessly serving the poor, helpless people. The Government of India honored her with the Padma Shri in the year 1962 for her service to humanity and later she was also honored with the country's highest honor 'Bharat Ratna'.

Apart from this, she was also awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for the noble works done for human welfare, while the merciful Mother Teresa also used the Nobel Prize money of $ 192,000 to help the poor.

Along with this, in the year 1985, she was also awarded the Medal of Freedom Award from America.

The way Mother Teresa worked selflessly for human welfare, it is really praise-e-worthy. One needs to take inspiration from Mother Teresa for charity, kindness, service.

Mother Teresa's one of the most famous saying is "IF YOU CAN'T FEED HUNDRED PEOPLE THEN FEED ATLEAST ONE."