Mother Teresa Birth Anniversary: Mother Teresa’s 109th birth anniversary was celebrated on August 26..

Mother Teresa Birth Anniversary: Mother Teresa’s 109th birth anniversary was celebrated  on August 26.

About Mother Teresa -

Mother Teresa had came to India in 1929 at the age of 19 years her original name was Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiuand began her novitiate, a period of training that a Christian member of a religious order undergoes before taking vows to discern whether he or she is called to vowed religious life, in place  Darjeeling.

She was the recipient of more than 120 honours and awards during her lifetime including the Ramon Magsaysay Peace Prize in 1962 and Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.

Mother Teresa passed away on September 5, 1997 after braving cardiac problems, surviving two heart attacks, broken collar bone, pneumonia and malaria.