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May 28, 2015

[GK] Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development

Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development


·        Awarded for 'Outstanding contributions in peace'
·        First awarded in 1986
·        Also called as Indira Gandhi Prize or the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
·        Prize carries a cash award of 2.5 million Indian rupees and a citation
  
Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development
#
Year
Winner
Country / Org
1
1986
Parliamentarians for Global Action
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2
1987
Mikhail Gorbachev
Soviet Union (now Russia)
3
1988
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Norway
4
1989
UNICEF
UNO
5
1990
Sam Nujoma
Namibia
6
1991
Rajiv Gandhi*
India
7
1992
Saburo Okita
Japan
8
1993
Vaclav Havel
Czech Republic
9
1994
Trevor Huddleston
UK
10
1995
Olusegun Obasanjo
Nigeria
11
1996
Medecins San Frontires
France
12
1997
Jimmy Carter
USA
13
1998
Muhammad Yunus
Bangladesh
14
1999
M S Swaminathan
India
15
2000
Mary Robinson
Ireland
16
2001
Sadako Ogata
Japan
17
2002
Shridath Ramphal
Guyana
18
2003
Kofi Annan
Ghana
19
2004
Mahri Chakri Sirindhorn
Thailand
20
2005
Hamid Karzai
Afghanistan
21
2006
Wangari Maathai
Kenya
22
2007
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
USA
23
2008
Mohamed ElBaradei
Egypt
24
2009
Sheikh Hasina
Bangladesh
25
2010
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Brazil
26
2011
Ela Bhatt
India
27
2012
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Liberia
28
2013
Angela Merkel
Germany
29
2014
ISRO
India
* àposthumous award



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