Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration
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The Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration is the prestigious award accorded by the Indian National Congress
. This Award is given annually starting from 1985 to distinguished persons/institutions for promoting national integration and understanding and fellowship amongst religious groups, communities, ethnic groups, cultures, languages and traditions of India and the strengthening, through thought and action of the nation's sense of solidarity. The Awardee is selected by an Advisory Committee of eminent persons representing art, science, culture, education, literature, religion social work journalism, law and public life. The Award carries an amount of Rs. 1.51 lakh in cash and a citation. The Award is given on the Martyrdom Day i.e. 31 October. The Award is given for services deserving of recognition in the year to which the Award relates and two years immediately preceding it.
(1987), Smt. Aruna Asaf Ali
, Bharat Scouts and Guides (1987), Shri P.N. Haksar, M.S. Subbulakshmi (1990), Shri Rajiv Gandhi
(Posthumous), Paramdham Ashram (Wardha, Maharashtra), Acharya Tulsi
(1993), Bishambhar Nath Pande
(1996), Beant Singh
(Posthumous) & Natwar Thakkar (Jointly), Gandhi Institute of Public Affairs (Karnataka
), Indira Gandhi Centre for National Integration (Shanti Niketan), APJ Abdul Kalam, Shankar Dayal Sharma
(Posthumous), Satish Dhawan
, Shri H. Y. Sharada Prasad, Ram-Rahim Nagar Slum Dwellers Association (Ahmedabad
), Aaman Pathik Peace Volunteer Group (Ahmedabad
), Ram Sinh Solanki and Sunil Tamaiche (Jointly),
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
. This Award is given annually starting from 1985 to distinguished persons/institutions for promoting national integration and understanding and fellowship amongst religious groups, communities, ethnic groups, cultures, languages and traditions of India and the strengthening, through thought and action of the nation's sense of solidarity. The Awardee is selected by an Advisory Committee of eminent persons representing art, science, culture, education, literature, religion social work journalism, law and public life. The Award carries an amount of Rs. 1.51 lakh in cash and a citation. The Award is given on the Martyrdom Day i.e. 31 October. The Award is given for services deserving of recognition in the year to which the Award relates and two years immediately preceding it.
Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration Recipients
The Award has so far been given to Swami RanganathanandaSwami Ranganathananda
Swami Ranganathananda born Shankaran Kutty was a Hindu monk of the Ramakrishna Math order. He served as the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission.- Biography :...
(1987), Smt. Aruna Asaf Ali
Aruna Asaf Ali
Aruna Asaf Ali , born Aruna Ganguli, was an Indian independence activist. She is widely remembered for hoisting the Indian National Congress flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan in Bombay during the Quit India Movement, 1942.She was 87 years old at the time of her death.-Early life:Aruna Asaf Ali was...
, Bharat Scouts and Guides (1987), Shri P.N. Haksar, M.S. Subbulakshmi (1990), Shri Rajiv Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
Rajiv Ratna Gandhi was the sixth Prime Minister of India . He took office after his mother's assassination on 31 October 1984; he himself was assassinated on 21 May 1991. He became the youngest Prime Minister of India when he took office at the age of 40.Rajiv Gandhi was the elder son of Indira...
(Posthumous), Paramdham Ashram (Wardha, Maharashtra), Acharya Tulsi
Acharya Tulsi
Acharya Tulsi was a Jainist Acharya . He was the founder of the Anuvrata and the Jain Vishva Bharti Institute, Ladnun and the author of over one-hundred books. Dr. Radhakrishnan in his "Living with Purpose" included him in the world's 15 great persons. He was given the title "Yuga-Pradhan" in a...
(1993), Bishambhar Nath Pande
Bishambhar Nath Pande
Dr. Bishambhar Nath Pande was a freedom fighter, social worker, and an eminent parliamentarian in India. Dr. Pande devoted his life to the cause of National Integration, and to the spread of the Gandhian way of life.-Life:Dr...
(1996), Beant Singh
Beant Singh
There are at least two people called Beant Singh:*Beant Singh, who assassinated Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi*Beant Singh, the assassinated Chief Minister of the Punjab...
(Posthumous) & Natwar Thakkar (Jointly), Gandhi Institute of Public Affairs (Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...
), Indira Gandhi Centre for National Integration (Shanti Niketan), APJ Abdul Kalam, Shankar Dayal Sharma
Shankar Dayal Sharma
Shankar Dayal Sharma was the ninth President of India serving from 1992 to 1997. Prior to his presidency, Dr Sharma had been the eighth Vice President of India, serving under President Ramaswamy Venkataraman...
(Posthumous), Satish Dhawan
Satish Dhawan
Satish Dhawan was an Indian rocket scientist and a pioneer aerospace engineer who was born in Srinagar, India and educated in India and the United States...
, Shri H. Y. Sharada Prasad, Ram-Rahim Nagar Slum Dwellers Association (Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...
), Aaman Pathik Peace Volunteer Group (Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...
), Ram Sinh Solanki and Sunil Tamaiche (Jointly),
- 2002: Acharya MahaprajnaAcharya MahaprajnaAcharya Shri Mahapragya was the tenth Acharya, supreme head of the Svetambar Terapanth sect of Jainism. Mahapragya was a highly venerable saint, yogi, spiritual leader, philosopher, author, orator, poet....
- 2003: Shyam BenegalShyam BenegalShyam Benegal is a prolific Indian director and screenwriter. With his first four feature films Ankur , Nishant Manthan and Bhumika he created a new genre, which has now come to be called the "middle cinema" in India although he himself has expressed dislike in the term preferring his work to...
- 2004: Mahashweta Devi
- 2005: Javed AkhtarJaved AkhtarJaved Akhtar is a poet, lyricist and scriptwriter from India. Some of his most successful work was done in the late 1970s and 1980s with Salim Khan as half of the script-writing duo credited as Salim-Javed...
- 2006: Dr. J.S. Bandukwalla and Ram PuniyaniRam PuniyaniRam Puniyani was a professor in biomedical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, and took voluntary retirement in December 2004 to work full time for communal harmony in India . He is involved with human rights activities from last two decades...
(jointly) - 2009: Balraj PuriBalraj PuriBalraj Puri is the leading Indian Political commentator and human rights activist. He is known for his impartial and objective views. Puri has written widely read books including the best selling Kashmir Towards Insurgency.-Career:...
- 2010: A. R. RahmanA. R. RahmanAllah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and...
and Ramakrishna Mission Ashram (jointly)
- 2011: Mohan Dharia