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mother theresa was born
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mother theresa was born and died...
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theresa's father dies
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theresa leaves home for the loreto sisters convent in ireland
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she arrives in india
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she takes her first vows, adopting the name sister theresa.
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after taking her final vows, sister theresa becomes known as mother theresa.
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she recieves "the call within a call" on the train to Darjeeling; later called "inspiration day"
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pope pius XII grants mother theresa permission to leave the loreto convent and work with the poor in calcutta
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british rule over india ends, diving the former colony into the independent nations of india
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gandhi was assassinated
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former student subashini das becomes theresa's first follower
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the new order missionaries of charity is formally approved
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mother theresa opens the nirmal hriday home for the dying
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mother theresa opens the first shishu bhavan home for abandoned babies and children
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missionaries of charity opens its first home outside india, in cocorote, venezuela
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drana bojaxhiu mother theresa's mother dies in tirana albania
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mother theresa is awarded the nobel peace prize
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sister nirmala is elected head of missionaries of charity
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mother theresa died
