Labels:text | screenshot | font | document | number OCR: CHRONOLOGY AUGUST 27, 1910 Bom Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, in Skopje, now in Macedonia. 1928 Trains at the order of Loreto Abbey, Ireland; moves to Calcutta, becoming principal at the order's school. SEPTEMBER 1946 Asks Pope Pius XII's permission to leave convent and work in slums. 1948 Founds the order of Missionaries of Charity. 1952 Opens the Nirmal Hriday Shelter for Dying Destitutes. JANUARY 6, 1971 Awarded the Pope John XXIII peace prize. DECEMBER 10, 1979 Awarded Nobel peace prize. SEPTEMBER 15, 1980 Receives the Bharat Ratna (Star of India). NOVEMBER 24, 1983 Receives honorary Order of Merit in U.K. APRIL 1990 Resigns as head of Missionaries of Charity order.
