Information about Indira Gandhi Peace Prize:
The Indira Gandhi Prize or Indira Gandhi Peace Prize, the Indira Gandhi Prize for Disarmament and Development, is a prestigious award presented annually by the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust to individuals or organizations for their constructive efforts to promote international peace, development and a new international economic order. is recognized. This scientific discoveries are used for the greater good of humanity, and increase the scope of freedom.
The award carries a cash prize of 2.5 lakh Indian rupees and a citation. A written work, published to be worthy of consideration. The panel constituted by the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust comprises prominent national and international personalities, including past recipients. Recipients are selected from a pool of national and international nominees.
Brief Description of Indira Gandhi Peace Prize:
Category of award | For significant contribution to the cause of social service, disarmament or development |
Prize | Indira Gandhi Peace Prize or Indira Gandhi Award |
Establishment year | 1986 |
Prize money | Rs 2.5 lakh in cash, a citation and a memento |
First winner | Parliamentarians for Global Action (1986) |
last winner | Pratham (Organization) (2021) |
Significance of Indira Gandhi Peace Prize:
The Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration is a prestigious award instituted by the Indian National Congress, after Indira Gandhi, the first female Prime Minister of India. The award is given annually to eminent groups/institutions to promote national integration and fellowship of religious groups, communities, ethnic groups, cultures, languages and traditions of India, and through thought and action in the spirit of the country. It is elected by an advisory committee of eminent persons representing the arts, sciences, culture, education, literature, religion, social work, journalism, law and public life.
This award is given on Martyrdom Day, 31 October. The award is given for recognized services for the year to which the award relates and the two previous years.
List of all recipients of Indira Gandhi Peace Prize:-
Here is the list of all the recipients of Indira Gandhi Peace Prize, from 1986 to 2021:-
The year | Award recipient | Description |
1986 | Parliamentarians for Global Action | International Organization of Parliamentarians |
1987 | Mikhail Gorbachev | Former Soviet Union leader |
1988 | Gro Harlem Brundtland | Former prime minister of Norway |
1989 | UNICEF | United Nations Children's Emergency Fund |
1990 | Sam Nujoma | First president of namibia |
1991 | Rajiv Gandhi | Former Prime Minister of India (Posthumous) |
1992 | Saburo Okita | Economist of japan |
1993 | Vaclav Havel | First president of the czech republic |
1994 | Trevor Huddleston | To work against apartheid |
1995 | Olusegun Obasanjo | 12th President of Nigeria |
1996 | Médecins Sans Frontieres | Voluntary organization |
1997 | Jimmy Carter | 39th President of the United States |
1998 | Muhammad Yunus | Founder of Grameen Bank |
1999 | M.S. Swaminathan | Indian agricultural scientist |
2000 | Mary Robinson | 7th President of Ireland |
2001 | Sadako Ogata | Former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
2002 | Shrinath Ramphal | Second Secretary General of the Commonwealth |
2003 | Kofi Annan | 7th Secretary General of the United Nations |
2004 | Maha Chakri Sirindhorn | Princess of thailand |
2005 | Hamid Karzai | First president of afghanistan |
2006 | Wangari Mathai | Environmental and political activist, first African woman to win Nobel Prize |
2007 | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | Charitable organization |
2008 | Mohamed Elbaradei | 4th Secretary General of the International Atomic Energy Agency |
2009 | Sheikh Hasina | Prime Minister of Bangladesh |
2010 | Luiz Inquio Lula da Silva | Former president of brazil |
2011 | Ela Bhatt | Founder of Service (SEWA) |
2012 | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | President of Liberia |
2013 | Angela Merkel | Chancellor of germany |
2014 | Indian Space Research Organization | Indian Space Agency |
2015 | UNHCR | High commissioner to the nation |
2017 | Manmohan | Former Prime Minister of India, Finance Minister and Indian Bank Loans |
2018 | Center And NNS | Research and technology independent |
2019 | Sir David Frederick Attenborough | Sir David Frederick Attenborough OM CH CVO CBE FRS FRSA FLS FZS FSA FRSGS is an English broadcaster and natural historian. |
2020 | Sheikh mujibur rahman | Founding leaders of bangladesh |
2021 | Pratham | An organization dedicated to improving the quality of education among underprivileged children in India and around the world. |