Missionaries of Charity completed 71 years of work among poor this year

The Missionaries of Charity, started by Mother Teresa in October 1950, completed 71 years of work in India this year.

Saint Teresa of Calcutta, then known as Mother Teresa started the Missionaries of Charity, which hit the headlines on Monday after revelations that renewal of a mandatory registration under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, has been refused by the Government with just about 10 members in October 1950.

The Mother and her organisation which ran orphanages, homes for the dying and lepers, shot into prominence after she won the Ramon Magsasay Peace Prize in 1962 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. This year it completed 71 years of work in India.