Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award

Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award
Award Information
Type Civilian
Instituted 1992
First Awarded 1992
Awarded by All India Congress Committee
Cash Award Rs. 5 lakh

Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award (English: Rajiv Gandhi National Communal Harmony Award) is an Indian award given for outstanding contribution towards promotion of communal harmony, national integration and peace. The award was instituted by All India Congress Committee of the Indian National Congress Party (INC), in 1992 to commemorate the lasting contribution made by the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, carries a citation and a cash award of Rs. five lakhs. It is given on August 20, the birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi, which is celebrated as Sadbhavna Diwas (Harmony Day).[1][2]

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Recipients

Former recipients of the award include Mother Teresa, Shenai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan, Grameen Bank founder Mohammad Yunus of Bangladesh, Hiteswar Saikia (former Assam Chief Minister) and Subhadra Joshi (jointly), Lata Mangeshkar, Sunil Dutt, Jagan Nath Kaul, Dilip Kumar and author Kapila Vatsyayan, Wahiuddin Khan(Islamic scholar), Kiran Seth(founder of SPIC MACAY) (2011). Other recipients are civil society activists Teesta Setalvad and Harsh Mander (jointly), S N Subbarao, Swami Agnivesh and Madari Moideen (jointly), former President K R Narayanan, Nirmala Deshpande, Hem Dutta (2007), N Radhakrishnan and Gautam Bhai.[1][3]

Year Recipients Notes
1996 Lata Mangeshkar [4] singer
1998 Sunil Dutt[5] Peace activist, politician
2000 Kapila Vatsyayan [6] Scholar
2003 S. N. Subba Rao [7] Peace activist
2004 Swami Agnivesh[8] Social activist
2005 Nirmala Deshpande[9] Social activist
2006 Hem Dutta [3] Social activist
2007 N Radhakrishnan [10][11] Social activist
2008 Gautam Bhai [12] social activist
2009 Wahiduddin Khan Islamic scholar, peace activist [13]
2011 SPIC MACAY[1] Promotes Indian classical music and culture among the youth

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "SPICMACAY For Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award". Outlook (magazine). Aug 05, 2011. http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?730282. 
  2. ^ "Rajiv Gandhi remembered on his 65th birth anniversary". Deccan Herald. August 20. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/20655/rajiv-gandhi-remembered-his-65th.html. 
  3. ^ a b "Sadbhavana Award for Hem Dutta". The Hindu. Aug 21, 2007. http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/21/stories/2007082162450300.htm. 
  4. ^ "Lata gets Rajiv Gandhi award". Indian Express. August 21 1997. http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19970821/23350323.html. 
  5. ^ "Sunil Dutt — film star, peace activist, secularist, politician extraordinary". The Hindu. May 26, 2005. http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/26/stories/2005052604031200.htm. 
  6. ^ "Secularism under assault, says Sonia". The Hindu. August 21, 2001. http://www.hindu.com/2001/08/21/stories/02210006.htm. 
  7. ^ "Rajiv Gandhi award". The Hindu. Jul 24, 2003. http://hindu.com/2003/07/24/stories/2003072406510101.htm. 
  8. ^ Swami Agnivesh - Biography betterworldheroes.com..
  9. ^ "A votary of peace and harmony". The Hindu. May 02, 2008. http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/02/stories/2008050260431200.htm. 
  10. ^ "Radhakrishnan gets Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award". Sify.com. Aug 20, 2008. http://www.sify.com/news/radhakrishnan-gets-rajiv-gandhi-sadbhavana-award-news-national-jehbpPedcfb.html. 
  11. ^ "PM warns against divisive forces". Indian Express. Aug 21 2008,. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/pm-warns-against-divisive-forces/351368/. 
  12. ^ "PM presents Sadbhavana award to Gautam Bhai". Zee News. August 20, 2009,. http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/pm-presents-sadbhavana-award-to-gautam-bhai_556963.html. 
  13. ^ "Muslim scholar gets Sadhbhavana Award". Sify.com. 2010-08-20. http://www.sify.com/news/muslim-scholar-gets-sadhbhavana-award-news-national-kiuvkdbhgdg.html. 

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