International Gandhi Peace Prize – list of Gandhi Peace Winners

International Gandhi Peace Prize As a tribute to the ideals espoused by Mahatma Gandhi, the Government of India had launched the International Gandhi Peace Prize in 1995 on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. It is a very prestigious Award and carries an amount of Rs.10 million, a citation and a Plaque.

 

International Gandhi Peace Prize  Category – International Instituted – 1995 First awarded – 1995 (Julius Nyerere) Last awarded – 2014 Awarded by – Government of India

Recipients

Year	Recipient	Country	Description
1995	Dr. Julius k. Nyerere	Tanzania	Former President of Tanzania
1996	Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne	Sri Lanka	President, Founder of Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement, Sri Lanka
1997	Dr. Gerhard Fischer	Germany	Former German Diplomat
1998	Ramakrishna Mission	India	Founded by Swami Vivekananda for promoting social welfare, tolerance, and non-violence among disadvantaged groups
1999	Shri Murlidhar Devidas Amte (Baba Amte)	India	Social worker
2000	Dr. Nelson Mandela	South Africa	Former President of South Africa
	Grameen Bank of Bangladesh	Bangladesh	Founded by Muhammad Yunus
2001	Mr. John Hume-Ireland	Northern Ireland	Nothern Irish Politician
2002	Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan	India	Educational trust that emphasises Indian culture
2003	Mr. Vaclav Havel	Czech Republic	Former President of Czechoslovakia and first President of the Czech Republic
2004	Mrs. Coretta Scott King	United States	The widow of Martin Luther King
2005	Desmond Tutu	South Africa	South African cleric and activist
2013	Chandi Prasad Bhatt	India	Social activist
2014	Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)	India	Space agency of the Indian Government

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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